Visual - WYSIWYG DocBook Editor
DocBook Documents Support
<oXygen/> comes with DocBook DTDs, XML catalog, XSL stylesheets and document
templates so that one can start creating DocBook documents right away. The articles
from our site are written using DocBook and their sources are available for download.
You can use them as samples to start with! DocBook documents can be converted to HTML,
PDF or PostScript and supports intelligent XML editing, validation, content
completion.
Specific DocBook Actions
<oXygen/> is able to recognize the DocBook documents based either on the root
element name or namespace. When you switch to the Author mode, the
editor loads both the set of CSS files and the available actions that were associated
in the DocBook configuration.
The action set include operations for emphasising text, creating lists, tables,
sections and paragraphs.
More than this, you can create your own operations for inserting or deleting XML
document fragments.
Table Support: CALS and HTML Table Model
You can create CALS or HTML tables, join or split cells, add or remove rows
easily. <oXygen/> will create all the column specifications for you.
A CALS and HTML table example. The caret is positioned between two cells.
XML Source Editing
You can edit the DocBook files using the text/source editing mode of <oXygen/>
XML Editor. The "as you type" validation and the powerful content completion are
always on your side.
DocBook with XInclude Support
A new module file was added in the DocBook DTD distribution adding XInclude
support to the DocBook DTD. There are also document templates (New from templates
action) that allows easy creation of a DocBook document with XInclude support. An
XInclude sample is provided.
DocBook Catalog
<oXygen/> adds by default a root catalog that refers the built-in catalogs for
DocBook documents. These are located in the frameworks/docbook subdirectory of the
installation.
Transforming DocBook documents to PDF
Before transforming the current edited XML document in <oXygen/> one must define
a transformation scenario to apply to that document. A scenario is a set of values for
various parameters defining a transformation.
<oXygen/> has two predefined scenarios for DocBook, one using the XSLs for FO-PDF
output and the other using the stylesheets for HTML. These scenarios can be reused for
any DocBook document. If the predefined settings are not exactly what you need you can
easily change them.
The Apache FOP is bundled inside <oXygen/> and it does not require any special
configuration. Thus you can convert DocBook to PDF just by selecting a scenario and
pressing a button.
Always Up to Date!
Each <oXygen/> XML Editor release bundles the latest DocBook schemas and XSL
stylesheets. At this time, both DocBook 4 and DocBook5 are included.
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