[oXygen-user] [Ann] oXygen XML Editor version 13.1 available. Older versions fixes available for Mac OS X critical issue

Wed Oct 26 06:52:41 CDT 2011

Dear Oxygen users,

We are pleased to announce the release of <oXygen/> XML Editor version 13.1.
This message contains important information about
* critical incompatibility fix for Mac OS X Java 1.6.0_27
* <oXygen/> 13.1 download location and installation notes
* what's new in <oXygen/> 13.1
* upcoming events
* support channels

Critical incompatibility fix
============================
Mac OS X: Resolved a critical issue that prevented the application from 
starting with Java SE 6 1.6.0_27.
Read more here: http://www.oxygenxml.com/forum/topic6394.html

Download
========

The new installation kits can be downloaded from:
http://www.oxygenxml.com/download_oxygenxml_editor.html

Please note that the new version 13.1 can upgrade a previous <oXygen/> 
installation or can be installed side-by-side.

New in <oXygen/> 13.1
=====================

Version 13.1 adds support for XHTML 5, improved content completion in 
XML modules, a new TEI ODD framework, support for publishing DITA maps 
directly from a CMS or other remote resources and a metrics report for 
DITA maps. Being a maintenance release it has a focus also on fixing 
many small issues.

XHTML 5:           
 * Support for XHTML 5

XML Content Completion:           
 * Improved Content Completion in XML Modules
 * Use All xsi:schema-location Location Hints

TEI:           
 * TEI ODD Support

DITA:           
 * DITA OT Transformations on Remote DITA Maps
 * DITA Map Metrics Report

Databases:           
 * Create Files in XML Databases
 * Notice: Support for Tamino and Tiger Logic was deprecated

WebHelp:           
 * WebHelp Search Improvement

XSLT Development:           
 * Initializer Class Option for Saxon
 * Consolidated View for Batch Transformation xsl:message Messages

Author:           
 * More Values Supported for the CSS list-style-type Property

Extended Author API:           
 * Attribute Filtering Capabilities for the DITA Map Editor
 * Make the DITA Map Editor Read-Only
 * Extended the Set of Customizable Toolbars
 * Controllable Default Button in Confirmation Dialogs
 * Access to the File Filters Used by the Input URL Chooser

Other:           
 * Safe Save
 * Open File At Caret Action Can Open Folders
 * Improved Automatic Indent Detection
 * Specify the File Types for Automatic Spell Checking

Updated Components:           
 * Updated Calabash XProc Connector
 * Updated TEI Stylesheets

Details...

  XHTML 5
---------------------------

  * Support for XHTML 5           
  You can edit now in <oXygen/> XHTML 5 (HTML 5 in XML syntax) 
documents. The support includes document validation and content 
completion. If it finds the <!DOCTYPE html> doctype declaration inside 
the document, <oXygen/> enables the XHTML 5 support.           

  XML Content Completion
------------------------------------------

  * Improved Content Completion in XML Modules           
  There are situations in which you edit an XML document that is a 
module of a main document (as an external entity or referred using 
xi:include). If a module has an associated validation scenario (that 
specifies the main file), <oXygen/> will use the schema of the main file 
to provide content completion when you edit the module.           

  * Use All xsi:schema-location Location Hints           
  <oXygen/> takes into account the xsi:schema-location attributes from 
all the elements of the document, not only the one from the root 
element. All these detected schemas are then used to provide content 
completion and model information.           

  TEI
-----------------------

  * TEI ODD Support           
  A new framework for TEI ODD is available. You can create and edit ODD 
files in the Text or in the Author (visual editing) mode, then transform 
them to various schema languages: RelaxNG, DTD or XML Schema. To quickly 
obtain a documentation for your ODD file you can choose one of the 
built-in transformations from ODD to XHTML, PDF, EPUB, DOCX, or 
ODT.           

  DITA
------------------------

  * DITA OT Transformations on Remote DITA Maps           
  You can open a remote DITA Map - from a CMS, a WebDAV or FTP server, 
or even from a local ZIP archive - in <oXygen/> and then publish it to 
any supported DITA Open Toolkit output format. There is no need to do a 
manual checkout of the entire map hierarchy: <oXygen/> does this 
checkout for you, in a transparent way.           

  * DITA Map Metrics Report           
  You can use the "DITA Map Metrics Report" predefined transformation 
scenario to see a comprehensive report about the content reuse, the use 
of DITA elements, change tracking, and more other useful statistics 
extracted from your DITA Map.           

  Databases
-----------------------------

  * Create Files in XML Databases           
  You can create a file (resource) in your XML Database, directly from 
the Database Explorer.           

  * Notice: Support for Tamino and Tiger Logic was deprecated           
  These databases will no longer be maintained in the next major 
release.           

  WebHelp
---------------------------

  * WebHelp Search Improvement           
  You can use the WebHelp searching capabilities to find compound words 
(words joined together with colon (":"), minus ("-"), underline ("_"), 
or dot (".") characters). Both the composing words and the resulting 
word are added to the search index.

  XSLT Development
------------------------------------

  * Initializer Class Option for Saxon           
  You can specify what class Saxon should use as initializer, in your 
transformation scenario (the "-init" Saxon option).           

  * Consolidated View for Batch Transformation xsl:message 
Messages           
  All the xsl:messages emitted by the transformations run in batch mode 
are now presented in the results area.           

  Author
--------------------------

  * More Values Supported for the CSS list-style-type Property           
  The CSS3 'box', 'diamond', 'check' si 'hyphen' values are also 
supported for the "list-style-type" property.           

  Extended Author API
---------------------------------------

  * Attribute Filtering Capabilities for the DITA Map Editor           
  In order to filter (hide) some of the attributes, you can add an 
AuthorAttributesDisplayFilter to the WSDITAMapEditorPage. This is of 
interest for the CMS integrations, where some of the topic attributes 
contain metadata which is not normally edited by the content 
author.           

  * Make the DITA Map Editor Read-Only           
  You can control whether the DITA Map editor is read-only by using the 
method: WSDITAMapEditorPage.setEditable.           

  * Extended the Set of Customizable Toolbars           
  Using the already existing ToolbarComponentsCustomizer you can now 
customize the DITA Maps manager view existing toolbars, or add a new 
one. Also, the ToolbarComponentsCustomizer now receives callbacks for 
the toolbars that are created as Author Extensions (from the Document 
Type associated to the current XML file).           

  * Controllable Default Button in Confirmation Dialogs           
  You can choose which is the default button in the confirmation dialogs 
displayed by your Author Extension. See the set of methods: 
Workspace.showConfirmDialog.           

  * Access to the File Filters Used by the Input URL Chooser           
  This new method is useful for CMS integrations: 
InputURLChooser.getResourceFilters is useful to decide the type of files 
the chooser dialog browses. For example, if the dialog is used to select 
an image to be added to the Author page, then the resource filters 
contain image extensions.           

  Other
-------------------------

  * Safe Save           
  <oXygen/> saves now by default in a temporary file and when the save 
completes it copies the content from the temporary file to the target 
file. This ensures that in event of a crash you will still have the 
original file unaltered. <oXygen/> also preserves the Alternate Data 
Streams intact. The Safe Save option can be found in the Preferences 
Dialog, Open/Save options page.           

  * Open File At Caret Action Can Open Folders           
  You can directly open folders in Windows explorer (or Finder on Mac) 
if you place the caret in the editor on a reference representing the 
folder path and invoke the Open File At Caret action.           

  * Improved Automatic Indent Detection           
  The automated detection of the indent in the current file was 
improved. A statistical approach is now used to filter out 
"unreasonable" indent sizes.           

  * Specify the File Types for Automatic Spell Checking           
  Now you can decide the content types for which the Automatic Spell 
Check is active. For instance, you can exclude XSL files. File types in 
which automatic spell check is usually not useful like CSS and DTD are 
excluded by default.           

  Updated Components
--------------------------------------

  * Updated Calabash XProc Connector           
  Calabash XProc connector was updated to include Calabash version 
0.9.37.           

  * Updated TEI Stylesheets           
  The TEI XSLT stylesheets were updated to version 5.56.

Upcoming Events
===============

November 7-8, 2011, DITA Europe 2011, Prague, Czech Republic
Syncro Soft / <oXygen> XML is one of the event sponsors. You will be 
able to meet a part of our team
and see a live presentation of <oXygen/>.

Support Channels
================

Just a reminder, we have an online discussion forum and a mailing list 
for <oXygen/> users where you can request new features, post bug reports 
or discuss ways in which <oXygen/> XML Editor can solve your problems.

http://www.oxygenxml.com/forum/
http://www.oxygenxml.com/mailman/listinfo/oxygen-user/

As always, your comments and suggestions are appreciated.

Best regards,
<oXygen/> Development Team       
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syncRO soft ltd
http://www.oxygenxml.com