[oXygen-user] Document type & framework: external storage

[Adrian Buza]

Let me clarify with an example.

${frameworksDir} expands to the frameworks directory. By default that 
is: /path/to/oxygen/frameworks
If you use a custom frameworks directory, then ${frameworksDir} points 
to that directory.

The DocBook 4 framework file is now located in: 
/path/to/oxygen/frameworks/docbook/docbook4.framework
Currently the references to any files from the DocBook 4 framework 
directory are like this:
  ${frameworksDir}/docbook/path/to/file
These references are generally made from inside the framework file itself.


${framework(docbook)} would also work, but it still specifies the name 
of the framework subdir and we would like to avoid that as well.


What we are planning is to use a generic editor variable 
${currentFramework}(or ${framework}) that expands to the parent 
directory of the .framework file.
So, for the DocBook 4 example above that would translate to :
  ${currentFramework} when used in the DocBook 4 framework context would 
expand to: /path/to/oxygen/frameworks/docbook
So the references would be:
  ${currentFramework}/path/to/file
This eliminates both the dependence on the common frameworks dir and the 
specific framework subdir will also resolves the problems that appear 
when you want to duplicate a framework.

I've added your suggestion to the issue and we will also consider that 
possibility.

Regards,
Adrian

Adrian Buza
oXygen XML Editor and Author Support


Florent Georges wrote:
> Adrian Buza wrote
>
>   Thanks, Adrian.
>
>   
>> There are a few possible solutions, one being to replace the
>> references to ${frameworksDir}\<frameworkName> with a new editor
>> variable.  e.g. ${currentFramework}.  This is still open for debate.
>>     
>
>   That would impose one to know where the framework is installed
> (either in the "main" or "additional" framework dir), which IMHO would
> make the feature less useful.  What about something like that:
>
>     ${framework(xspec)}
>
>   It would look for a subdir "xspec" in either framework dir, with one
> taking precedence over the other (not 100% sure which one should have
> precedence though).
>
>   Regards,
>
> -- 
> Florent Georges
> http://fgeorges.org/
> http://h2oconsulting.be/
>
>