[oXygen-user] oXygen 9.2 Beta - ditamaps

[Radu Coravu]

Dear Steven,

Thank you for the kind words and valuable suggestions.
See some answers below:

Steven Anderson wrote:
> 1. I couldn't figure out how to specify which JDK to use for DITA transforms to PDF.  This matters, because RenderX is much faster with JDK 1.6 than 1.5, but I need 1.5 for other tools.
>   
The DITA-OT ANT transformation is started using the same Java Virtual 
Machine as Oxygen does so starting Oxygen with a 1.6 Java Virtual 
Machine will also make the transformation use it.
See more about specifying the JVM for Oxygen here: 
http://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/ug-standalone/installation-instructions.html
We added an improvement request on our issues tracker to let the users 
choose a custom Java Home for running the DITA ANT transformation when 
editing the scenario in the "Advanced" tab.
> 2. The DITA transform doesn't appear to be sensitive to the catalog I've defined in my oXygen preferences, thus it uses the oXygen defaults for everything.
>   
For now the catalogs set in Oxygen are not used in any way during the 
DITA-OT ANT transformation.
The catalog file used for DITA-OT ANT transformations is located in 
"{OxygenInstallDir}/frameworks/dita/DITA-OT/catalog-dita.xml" and is 
referred directly from the "dost.jar" library.
You have to edit the catalog file and add your entries there.

> 3. In the dita maps manager view, topicgroups, and their descendants, are not displayed.
>   
This is indeed a mistake on our part as topic groups can have child 
topic refs which enter in the TOC.
We wanted to present the DITA Map tree in a simplified manner so we 
filtered part of the nodes.
If you or somebody else has suggestions for additional nodes which 
should appear in the tree please say so...

Regards,
Radu

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Radu Coravu 
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