how can I use 'smart paste' from the TEI framework in anothe
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Ron Van den Branden
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how can I use 'smart paste' from the TEI framework in anothe
Hi,
I'm developing an Oxygen project dealing with TEI conformant documents and would like to offer my users 'smart paste' functionality in Author mode. I had noticed that 'smart paste' didn't work out-of-the-box, and is apparently a feature that has to be catered for by the framework (see http://www.oxygenxml.com/forum/topic10060.html). I've totally no Java skills, but since we're producing TEI P5 files, the feature is available in the TEI framework, and that framework is shipped with Oxygen, I decided I might as well just try and borrow the relevant code from there.
I have tried to copy what I thought were relevant items from the TEI framework (I'll attach screenshots from the Oxygen "Preferences" menu):
This seems to work only partially: when images are dragged into a document, they are now successfully converted to TEI <graphic> elements. Yet, styling information (bold, italics,...) from Word documents is not preserved when pasting.
I've tested by pasting the same test Word fragment into a TEI file (using the TEI framework), which does preserve the styling information, though. Apparently I'm missing something: perhaps a stylesheet is not correctly applied?
What should I do to make full use of the TEI framework's smart paste feature in another Oxygen project?
Best,
Ron
I'm developing an Oxygen project dealing with TEI conformant documents and would like to offer my users 'smart paste' functionality in Author mode. I had noticed that 'smart paste' didn't work out-of-the-box, and is apparently a feature that has to be catered for by the framework (see http://www.oxygenxml.com/forum/topic10060.html). I've totally no Java skills, but since we're producing TEI P5 files, the feature is available in the TEI framework, and that framework is shipped with Oxygen, I decided I might as well just try and borrow the relevant code from there.
I have tried to copy what I thought were relevant items from the TEI framework (I'll attach screenshots from the Oxygen "Preferences" menu):
- set the classpath to:
- ${frameworks}/tei/tei.jar
- ${frameworks}/tei/resources/
- ${frameworks}/tei/i18n/
- -selecting the TEIP5ExtensionsBundle in the "Extensions" tab
This seems to work only partially: when images are dragged into a document, they are now successfully converted to TEI <graphic> elements. Yet, styling information (bold, italics,...) from Word documents is not preserved when pasting.
I've tested by pasting the same test Word fragment into a TEI file (using the TEI framework), which does preserve the styling information, though. Apparently I'm missing something: perhaps a stylesheet is not correctly applied?
What should I do to make full use of the TEI framework's smart paste feature in another Oxygen project?
Best,
Ron
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alex_jitianu
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Re: how can I use 'smart paste' from the TEI framework in an
Hello,
From what you've described I expect the Paste to work. TEIP5ExtensionsBundle creates the handler for both URL DnD and smart paste (TEIP5ExternalObjectInsertionHandler). This handler looks for xhtml2tei5Driver.xsl inside classpath. I see that you've added ${frameworks}/tei/resources/ in the classpath. Is there a xhtml2tei5Driver.xsl on disk, in the resources folder?
If this missing resource is not the cause then perhaps you can send us the framework on support@oxygenxml.com so that we can get a closer look at it. To do that you should change the storage type to External (in the Document Type Dialog). Sending the *.framework file should do since in it you are referring resources from the built-in TEI framework.
Best regards,
Alex
From what you've described I expect the Paste to work. TEIP5ExtensionsBundle creates the handler for both URL DnD and smart paste (TEIP5ExternalObjectInsertionHandler). This handler looks for xhtml2tei5Driver.xsl inside classpath. I see that you've added ${frameworks}/tei/resources/ in the classpath. Is there a xhtml2tei5Driver.xsl on disk, in the resources folder?
If this missing resource is not the cause then perhaps you can send us the framework on support@oxygenxml.com so that we can get a closer look at it. To do that you should change the storage type to External (in the Document Type Dialog). Sending the *.framework file should do since in it you are referring resources from the built-in TEI framework.
Best regards,
Alex
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Ron Van den Branden
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Re: how can I use 'smart paste' from the TEI framework in an
Hi Alex,
Thanks for the confirmation: I've double checked, and all files are in place. Even better, on closer investigation, I can confirm the 'smart paste' does work as it should!
I seem to have been misled by some specific display options in the Author Mode for the project I'm working on: the display of tags has been disabled in the author CSS (-oxy-display-tags: none;), and for some reason <hi> elements weren't highlighted in the Author CSS. As a result, the <hi> elements were present, but not highlighted in the Author view at all, which made me suspect they weren't there.
Apologies for the red herring; this 'll teach me to look at the source XML before shouting!
Best,
Ron
Thanks for the confirmation: I've double checked, and all files are in place. Even better, on closer investigation, I can confirm the 'smart paste' does work as it should!
I seem to have been misled by some specific display options in the Author Mode for the project I'm working on: the display of tags has been disabled in the author CSS (-oxy-display-tags: none;), and for some reason <hi> elements weren't highlighted in the Author CSS. As a result, the <hi> elements were present, but not highlighted in the Author view at all, which made me suspect they weren't there.
Apologies for the red herring; this 'll teach me to look at the source XML before shouting!
Best,
Ron