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Re: Improvement suggestion: Inserting pic files from windows explorer

Hussein Shafie — 2013-05-22T10:42:52

Starting from the *next* release of XMLmind XML Editor, it's possible to 
bind application event "drop-image" to a command in order to bypass the 
dialog box normally displayed when you drop a file onto an image view.

Simple example which works for XHTML, DITA Topic, DocBook or any 
document type in which the source of an image is specified using an 
attribute:

---
<binding>
   <appEvent name="drop-image" />
   <command name="putAttribute" parameter="%{attribute} %{url}" />
</binding>
---

In your case, a simple macro-command wrapped around putAttribute should 
solve your problem.



On 05/07/2013 01:53 PM, Bornemann, Frank (Oerlikon Neumag) wrote:


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keyboard shortcut in tables

Niels Grundtvig Nielsen — 2013-05-17T13:54:24

After adding a row, is there a keyboard shortcut to tab from cell to cell?

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keyboard shortcut in tables

Niels Grundtvig Nielsen — 2013-05-17T14:07:42

Oops … in this case, I should of course have been adding an entry to the
next column: not trying to tab into nothingness ;-} Making mistakes is one
way of remembering what you learn, I suppose.

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Re: on the frontier between DITA and XXE

Niels Grundtvig Nielsen — 2013-05-16T06:26:20

Thanks! I think I should be able to get somewhere with using the desc
attribute in xrefs.

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Re: Clipboard paste does not work anymore to copy as reference after upgrade from 5.4 to 5.6

Hussein Shafie — 2013-05-16T10:02:37

OK. If, in the future, you need more scriptable methods for the XXE 
applet, then do not hesitate to ask.



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Re: Clipboard paste does not work anymore to copy as reference after upgrade from 5.4 to 5.6

Maxime Bégnis — 2013-05-16T08:58:28

Hello Hussein, between lines:

On 15/05/2013 19:09, Hussein Shafie wrote:
It is.

Thanks to that source code I managed to make it work under Windows and
Linux. I used the same classes in the same way, got rid of DataHandler.

It doesn't look like it.

We were in a hurry for this. We would prefer in the end to use the
solution you suggested and I'm sorry we didn't answer earlier:

Yes, to close documents when the browser's tab is closed.

No, it works quite well. Note that under Chrome, the tab is closed
immediately no matter if there is some pending changes or not, so the
user has no chance to say if he wants to save the changes or not. The
changes are not saved in this case. But the document is unlocked
correctly. I still don't know if we can do anything about that, but I
don't think so.

To use the solution you suggest, we would have to call the XXE applet
(or a javascript function on the XXE applet page) from another
tab/window of the browser. I must say that we still don't know if we can
do that and if i

Re: customising conversion to Web Help

Hussein Shafie — 2013-05-16T08:35:08

Procedure:

[1] Open your DITA bookmap or your DITA map.

[2] Select "Options|Customize Configuration|Preprocessing Options".

[3] Select "Convert to Web Help" in the topmost combobox of the dialog box.

[4] In the "Copy images and other resources to:" field, insert "svg," 
before "png,". See attached screenshot.

Note that the above customization has to be done just once, and not each 
time you'll convert your DITA document to Web Help.

Reference:

http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/dita/preprocess_options.html


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Re: inserting in DITA metadata

Niels Grundtvig Nielsen — 2013-05-16T07:45:42

I'm impressed – a quick and very complete answer. I'll work through the
information carefully, because I certainly am interested in learning how to
work more efficiently :-}

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customising conversion to Web Help

Niels Grundtvig Nielsen — 2013-05-16T06:54:16

I realise conversion is not the primary focus of XXE, but I need to ask the
question and hope there's an answer I'll be able to understand. We have a
number of simple svg diagrams ready to include in a DITA documentation set
delivered as Web Help: how do I stop the conversion from replacing these
with .png graphics?

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Re: inserting in DITA metadata

Hussein Shafie — 2013-05-16T07:18:08

Nothing. XXE works this way. Please carefully read what follows because 
this will save you a lot of time and efforts.



If you are curious, you may want to read what follows, otherwise,
simply skip this sidebar:
------------------------------------------------------------------
Almost all DITA elements (e.g. <prolog>) are allowed to be empty. If you 
let XXE honors this, you end up with an unusable editor.

Therefore there is a rule[1] in the DITA configuration files which says: 
always add an child element to an element which is allowed to be empty.

Generally, this works very well but in the case of <metadata> the 
automatic choice of the child is poor (<data>). There is of course a 
way[2] to correct this by specifying the contents of a newly created 
element of a given type.

References:

[1] 
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/configure/newElementContent.html 
(elementOnlyContentNotEmpty)

[2] 
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/configure/elementTemplate.html
-------------------

inserting in DITA metadata

Niels Grundtvig Nielsen — 2013-05-16T06:44:53

I have a stack of valid DITA files to rework that were originally prepared
outside XXE. They all include a <prolog> with <author> elements, and now I
want to add <metadata>. I've worked out that I need to select the last
<author> element and then Insert after to add an empty <metadata> element,
but that gives me the unfamiliar metadata > data construct which I have to
delete before I can insert <prodinfo>.

What am I doing wrong?

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Re: Clipboard paste does not work anymore to copy as reference after upgrade from 5.4 to 5.6

Hussein Shafie — 2013-05-15T17:09:09

I don't see, but please note that I don't know what is DataHandler. (If 
it is:

http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/1.4/api/javax/activation/DataHandler.html

then I've never used this class. Internally, XXE uses 
com.xmlmind.xmledit.edit.XMLTransferable, whose thoroughly commented 
source code is attached to this email.)

May be there is nothing wrong at all. May be you are simply facing one 
of the many problems documented here:

http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/known_problems.html#platform_independent

(Search for "Known problems related to the clipboard:")

As explained in my answer below, I did not recommend to follow this 
path. Therefore, I'm sorry but I don't see how I could help you solve 
your problem.






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Re: Clipboard paste does not work anymore to copy as reference after upgrade from 5.4 to 5.6

Maxime Bégnis — 2013-05-15T16:26:58

Hello,

We finally solve the problem by using a Java applet accessed through
javascript to copy the xml content to the clipboard with a mime type of
"text/xml". It works fine when using it under linux, but not under
windows and I can't figure out why. Here is the very simple code I use
for the applet:

public class ClipboardApplet extends Applet implements ClipboardOwner {
   
    private Clipboard clipboard;
   
    < at >Override
    public void init() {
        clipboard = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
    }
   
    public boolean copy(final String mimeType, final String content) {
        clipboard.setContents(new DataHandler(content, mimeType), this);
        return true;
    }

    < at >Override
    public void lostOwnership(Clipboard clipboard, Transferable contents) {
        // Nothing
    }
   
}

The "copy" method is used by javascript:
ClipboardApplet.copy('text/xml', xmlCode);

xmlCode being for example:

<?xml version="1.0"?><ns:clipboard
ns2:inclusion="com.xmlmind.xml.xinclude.XIncl

Re: Changing images in the document for delivering tomultiple clients

Hussein Shafie — 2013-05-15T14:14:48

--> The approach described below is sufficiently general to apply to 
both DITA and DocBook:

[1] Insert in your document one ``image element'' per client, each image 
element having a different ``audience attribute''. (Yes, this means that 
the XML document contains several consecutive variants of the same image.)

[2] When you convert the document to a format such PDF, HTML, etc, 
specify the value of the ``audience attribute'' which means: keep the 
element; a different value meaning: discard the element.

DocBook:

This is specified using "profile.XXX" XSLT stylesheet parameters. See 
"Change Document Conversion Parameters" in 
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/customizeConfigurationMenu.html

DITA:

This is specified using a conditional-processing (.ditaval) file. See 
"Conditional Processing Profile" in 
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/dita/help-2.html#map_menu



--> Now, which attributes to use, what is a .ditaval file, etc, is 
explained in these manuals:

DocBook:

D

Changing images in the document for delivering to multipleclients

Praveen Sivasankaran — 2013-05-15T13:37:48

Hi Hussein
I am using XML XE Professional 5.1.0 for our documentation purposes.
 We prepare user documents that have to be delivered to multiple clients, 
and we often face issue with images that will differ for each client (i.e, 
the color, logo and label names).  So please let me know how can I  handle 
the images in the document for delivering multiple clients. 

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Re: on the frontier between DITA and XXE

Hussein Shafie — 2013-05-15T13:44:56

XMLmind DITA Converter (AKA ditac), the DITA processor integrated in 
XMLmind XML Editor, converts the contents the DITA <desc> child element 
to an XHTML "title" attribute.

The "title" XHTML attribute is typically rendered as a tooltip (AKA 
balloon help) by Web browsers. See 
http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/dom.html#attr-title

The problem is that the DITA <desc> child element is allowed inside very 
few elements, namely: fig, object, xref, table, link, linklist.

See http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/v1.2/os/spec/langref/desc.html



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on the frontier between DITA and XXE

Niels Grundtvig Nielsen — 2013-05-15T11:09:45

Really enjoying using XML Mind to get to grips with DITA … and generally
remembering to check DITA specs first, as it's clear XML Mind does a good
job of implementing them. Here's a two-part question that seems to fall
between the two, though; I'll ask it in a way that puts XXE first.

   1. does XXE .xhtml output from DITA topics support any sort of
   mouse-over/pop-up, for example to display a definition from a glossary?
   2. if so, which DITA construct do I need to go away and learn about?

Thanks in advance for help on this.

Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Technical Author (External) Atos Worldline T&P
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Re: How to access generated content via xinclude

Stefan Klatt — 2013-05-13T11:59:02

Thank you Hussein,

your approach works -  we use such a strategy succesfully for a longer time.
My hope was that there would be a (for me) unknown property, that  makes it
easier to do.

Thanks a lot


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Hussein Shafie [mailto:hussein< at >xmlmind.com] 
Gesendet: Montag, 13. Mai 2013 12:38
An: Stefan Klatt
Cc: xmleditor-support< at >xmlmind.com
Betreff: Re: [XXE] How to access generated content via xinclude

--> There is no way to access CSS generated content  via XInclude. There 
is no relationship whatsoever between CSS generated content  and XInclude.



--> The following answer assumes that <LiteratureRef> contains 
transcluded content, not a literal <xi:include> element.

You need to generate *exactly* the same number before <LiteratureRef>. 
That is:

LiteratureRef:before {
   content: 
xpath("concat(format-number(count(ZZZ/preceding-sibling::ns:Literature)+1,'0
00'),' 
')");
}

The key problem is to determine which XPath expression to use for ZZZ. I 
would say that ZZZ is:

Re: Accessing DITA Reference Manual

Vic Steadman — 2013-05-13T08:39:15

Thank you Hussein



I solved the problem by resetting the default viewer in the XXE helper applications dialogue.  Thanks for your help.



[cid:image001.png< at >01CE4FBD.B9E18160]



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Executive Consultant

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Sent: 12 May 2013 08:53
To: Vic Steadman
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Subject: Re: [XXE] Accessing DITA Reference Manual



On 05/11/2013 03:27 PM, Vic Steadman wrote:







This problem is almost certainly specific to your working environment. I mean, this is not a bug which I can reproduce on my PC.












By default, a .html file is opened using the ``default viewer'' helper

application.



On Windows, the ``default viewer'' helper application is command "start"

(which leverages the file associations of Windows).



Please double-check this with the file associations of Windows. Also

check that there is no .html file association with your XML text editor

(in addition to

Re: How to access generated content via xinclude

Hussein Shafie — 2013-05-13T10:38:17

--> There is no way to access CSS generated content  via XInclude. There 
is no relationship whatsoever between CSS generated content  and XInclude.



--> The following answer assumes that <LiteratureRef> contains 
transcluded content, not a literal <xi:include> element.

You need to generate *exactly* the same number before <LiteratureRef>. 
That is:

LiteratureRef:before {
   content: 
xpath("concat(format-number(count(ZZZ/preceding-sibling::ns:Literature)+1,'000'),' 
')");
}

The key problem is to determine which XPath expression to use for ZZZ. I 
would say that ZZZ is:

//ns:LiteratureList/ns:Literature[< at >Id = current()/ns:Literature/< at >Id]

The above ZZZ is based on the fact that <LiteratureRef> contains the 
transcluded copy of the original <Literature> element. current() is the 
standard XSLT function.

See http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#misc-func

See also 
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/commands/xpathextfunc.html

I've not tested the above code, but may be this approach could solve 
your pr

Re: How to access generated content via xinclude

Stefan Klatt — 2013-05-13T07:14:44


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Hussein Shafie [mailto:hussein< at >xmlmind.com] 
Gesendet: Sonntag, 12. Mai 2013 19:33
An: Stefan Klatt
Cc: 'xmleditor-support< at >xmlmind.com'
Betreff: Re: [XXE] How to access generated content via xinclude

On 05/12/2013 05:28 PM, Stefan Klatt wrote:
content:xpath("concat(format-number(count(preceding-sibling::ns:LiteratureLi
st)+1,'000'),'

I understand this.



xpointer="abc"/> </LiteratureRef> 
associated Number  (without complex xpath statements)

generate the Nr (by xpath) inside this element (not in the 

constellation (via xinclude)

(hierarchie) of 
Anything...

[SK] 
Thanks a lot


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