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by Boreas
Tue Jan 14, 2020 4:40 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Removing margins on title page
Replies: 4
Views: 1772

Re: Removing margins on title page

The Basic-settings file in 1.8.4 did not have the variables either.

The "basic-settings.xsl" stylesheet in DITA OT 1.8.4 did not have any "page-margin-inside-front" variable either....but it was working.

regards
by Boreas
Tue Jan 14, 2020 4:34 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Removing margins on title page
Replies: 4
Views: 1772

Re: Removing margins on title page

Hello Radu,
we use a PDF plugin.
by Boreas
Thu Jan 09, 2020 9:11 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Removing margins on title page
Replies: 4
Views: 1772

Removing margins on title page

Hello, we are moving to dita 3.4 and are redoing our plugin for DDF customisation. We had a first page with no margins, and a background image And all other pages are with margins that are not equal all around. the code we used in the basic-settings.xsl to achieve this was: .... <xsl:variable name=&...
by Boreas
Thu Dec 06, 2018 11:58 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Format the audience attribute
Replies: 1
Views: 1516

Format the audience attribute

We have a document that includes a whole bunch of parameters, some of which are for internal use only. We use the audience attribute to filter out some information that we do not want to disclose to users. It works fine, but I was asked to format the audience attribute so that in the internal docume...
by Boreas
Wed Nov 15, 2017 6:21 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Keep a table on the same page
Replies: 4
Views: 5202

Re: Keep a table on the same page

Well, :wink: actually it works for the codeblock if I use <xsl:attribute name="keep-together.within-page">always</xsl:attribute> instead of <xsl:attribute name="keep-together.within-page">1</xsl:attribute> I suspect we can probably do this for any element......
by Boreas
Wed Nov 15, 2017 6:12 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Keep a table on the same page
Replies: 4
Views: 5202

Re: Keep a table on the same page

Hello, Pushing my luck, I wanted to do the same thing but for a codeblock. I added this code in the custom.xsl file. <xsl:attribute-set name="codeblock" use-attribute-sets="pre"> <xsl:attribute name="keep-together.within-page">1</xsl:attribute> </xsl:attribute-set> My r...
by Boreas
Thu Aug 03, 2017 6:45 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Second line of heading not aligned
Replies: 5
Views: 3140

Re: Second line of heading not aligned

Found it. in the customs.xsl file, in the conditional numbering instructions I had an extra space added <xsl:text> </xsl:text> Of course I have no idea why this was there. The minute I removed it, bingo. [Codebox=] <fo:inline> <xsl:choose> <xsl:when test="//othermeta[@name='ChapterNumbering'][@...
by Boreas
Fri Jul 21, 2017 4:05 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Second line of heading not aligned
Replies: 5
Views: 3140

Re: Second line of heading not aligned

So checked the differences between both files, but could not pinpoint a difference that fixed the problem . What I am realising it is not the second line that is not aligned, but rather all my headings that are not aligned. When the title is long, the second line is in fact well aligned with the res...
by Boreas
Tue Jul 18, 2017 2:08 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Second line of heading not aligned
Replies: 5
Views: 3140

Re: Second line of heading not aligned

I realized that had never solved this problem with my titles. Yes we do use a plugin. I tried publishing the document with the Oxygen's PDF scenario and alignment is perfect. So it is definitely something in my plugin. I am not even sure If it is a problem from the attributes or xsl folder. Any sugg...
by Boreas
Tue Aug 30, 2016 12:17 am
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Invalid property value encountered in font="Open Sans"
Replies: 1
Views: 3486

Invalid property value encountered in font="Open Sans"

Hello, we successfully changed the use of the fonts in our plugin, well sort of. The Open Sans font is generated in the PDF but we get the following error message Invalid property value encountered in font="Open Sans" each time the font is encountered. I did not really bother with the erro...
by Boreas
Mon Jul 04, 2016 10:50 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Second line of heading not aligned
Replies: 5
Views: 3140

Second line of heading not aligned

We sometimes have long task titles, and when we generate them they appear on 2 lines. This is fine, but the second line is not aligned with the first one. I just can't figure out where to fix this. This is my xsl for the second [Codebox=] <xsl:attribute-set name="topic.topic.title" use-att...
by Boreas
Wed May 11, 2016 4:56 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Background image on cover page
Replies: 2
Views: 4046

Re: Background image on cover page

Easy to do, worked on first try.Beautifull.

Since I use a plugin I put the image here

..../plugins/myplugin.name/cfg/common/artwork/coverpage.png

and of course called the image from there.

Thank you
by Boreas
Wed May 11, 2016 4:38 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: xref formatting problem
Replies: 1
Views: 1432

xref formatting problem

I am trying to give a special font to my xref and related links output in PDF I found where to do the formatting. I used odd colors to clearly see the changes and not get mixed up. My default font is Open Sans. in commons-attr.xsl [Codebox=] <xsl:attribute-set name="common.link"> <xsl:attr...
by Boreas
Wed Apr 27, 2016 10:53 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Background image on cover page
Replies: 2
Views: 4046

Background image on cover page

Hello, I am trying to have a background image that takes the entire cover page. The reason I want it in background is to have the title, revision etc, in front of the image. Presently I can have either the image, or the text. I took a look at the watermark post, but I could not figure out how to mod...
by Boreas
Wed Mar 09, 2016 6:04 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Set table title above table
Replies: 6
Views: 4497

Re: Set table title above table

Hi, ok. My plugin was created to generate the table title under the table. This was not done by me so I do not know what was exaclty changed to achieve this. I want my plugin to generate the table title above the table, just as it does with the Oxygen default PDF scenario. I first tried: In the tabl...
by Boreas
Wed Mar 09, 2016 4:23 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Set table title above table
Replies: 6
Views: 4497

Re: Set table title above table

Hi, Yes the XSLT customization was changed to display the title under the table. I have been modifying our xslt to make them do what we want, but I did not start from scratch. Some changes were already implemented that I am just discovering now. The Oxygen Pdf scenario does place the titles on top. ...
by Boreas
Tue Mar 08, 2016 4:30 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Set table title above table
Replies: 6
Views: 4497

Set table title above table

Hello, I am trying to display the table titles above of the table, but with no success. :( In the tables.xsl file I changed the mode value to titleAbove. (seemed very straight forward) <xsl:template match="*[contains(@class, ' topic/table ')]/*[contains(@class, ' topic/title ')]" mode=&quo...
by Boreas
Tue Jan 26, 2016 6:58 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Removing White Spaces added in text mode
Replies: 1
Views: 2845

Removing White Spaces added in text mode

Hello we are presently trying to automate the publication of our documentation to Confluence. Source files are dita xml created in Oxygen. When doing the magic to publish our files on Confluence, we have serious line brake issues. When I look in author mode, all seems fine, but when we look in text ...
by Boreas
Fri Oct 30, 2015 5:54 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Sluggish performance when working in tables
Replies: 3
Views: 1956

Re: Sluggish performance when working in tables

Beautiful! It solved the problem. I have to say, each time I need to update my software version I always have apocalyptic visions. I use a plugin, different scenarios, etc. And I am always worried that I will need to redo my set up. Going from 17 to 17.1 was a piece of cake. I ran the installer. End...
by Boreas
Wed Oct 28, 2015 9:55 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Sluggish performance when working in tables
Replies: 3
Views: 1956

Sluggish performance when working in tables

Hi, I am having problems when working in tables. Oxygen becomes really slow.We are talking about several seconds just to delete an entry. Any ideas why this happens? We tried increasing the memory parameters in the oxygenAuthor17.0.vmoptions, but with no success. The file is not that big (92 kb) alt...
by Boreas
Tue Aug 11, 2015 11:30 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Highligth generated in PDF
Replies: 9
Views: 4056

Re: Highligth generated in PDF

Hello, yes I understand that they are two different things. I was just trying to hack the system, to make my plugin genrerate a pdf with highlights. So basically, what you are saying is that I cannot format the Hightlight element in my plugin. So that each time I use the highligth element, the plugi...
by Boreas
Fri Jul 31, 2015 3:35 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Highligth generated in PDF
Replies: 9
Views: 4056

Re: Highligth generated in PDF

Hello,

Yes they are related because I am trying to find a way to display the Highlights in the PDF. Since it is not included in the Wysiwyg PDF transformation scenario, I was trying to create a patch directly in my plugin.
so the question remains.

Regards
by Boreas
Fri Jul 31, 2015 3:15 pm
Forum: Feature Request
Topic: Experimental Dita Map PDF Wysiwyg
Replies: 3
Views: 2929

Re: Experimental Dita Map PDF Wysiwyg

Hello,

actually what I wanted was to add the Highlight feature to the output, not just comment and tracked changes.

REgards
by Boreas
Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:46 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Highligth generated in PDF
Replies: 9
Views: 4056

Highligth generated in PDF

Hello, Base en the fact that the higlight feature wraps the highlighted text in a element <?oxy_custom_start type="oxy_content_highlight" color="255,255,0"?> highlighted text.<?oxy_custom_end?> I was hoping to be able to declare it in my plugin to generate it in the PDF. In custo...
by Boreas
Thu Jul 30, 2015 2:58 pm
Forum: Feature Request
Topic: Experimental Dita Map PDF Wysiwyg
Replies: 3
Views: 2929

Experimental Dita Map PDF Wysiwyg

Hello, I tried using the Experimental Wysiwyg scenario and it seems promessing. I was wonderig if it would be possible to add the highlight feature to the output. WE use the PDF format for review and scrolling through a large document makes it hard to locate the changes. Perhaps there is a way to ad...
by Boreas
Mon Jul 27, 2015 11:34 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Renaming Topics in a dita map
Replies: 1
Views: 1510

Renaming Topics in a dita map

Hello, I was wondering, is it possible when we rename a file in a dita map using Refactoring/Rename ressource, that the change be applied in every ditamap the file is actually used? We do not need to do this very often, but since we are rebuilding our entire documentation in Dita, it does occur. The...
by Boreas
Wed Jul 08, 2015 4:53 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Table Row Attributes - background color
Replies: 2
Views: 6530

Re: Table Row Attributes - background color

Hello, your posts gave me the pointers to achieve what I wanted. I have a plugin and I don't use a customisation folder. So in tables-attr.xsl I added under: <xsl:attribute-set name="tbody.row"> </xsl:attribute-set> This <!--new attribute set to color a table row--> <xsl:attribute-set name...
by Boreas
Tue Jul 07, 2015 10:48 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Table Row Attributes - background color
Replies: 2
Views: 6530

Table Row Attributes - background color

Hello, I was wondering if there is an attribute that can be set on a row to add a background color to that specific row? The table heading row does that, but I understand that we cannot use more than one tableheading row in a table. We have long tables. We need the table heading row, but we would al...
by Boreas
Wed Jun 17, 2015 8:58 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Error message: Cannot insert text inside read-only context
Replies: 6
Views: 3629

Re: Error message: Cannot insert text inside read-only conte

Hello, so I installed version 17. I opened my reference files, and everything was ok. I did nothing special. But the error message is not displayed and I can edit in author mode. If I open the same file in 16.1, I am unable to edit in author mode. Really weird. Well, one good thing came out of it, i...
by Boreas
Fri Jun 12, 2015 3:22 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Error message: Cannot insert text inside read-only context
Replies: 6
Views: 3629

Re: Error message: Cannot insert text inside read-only conte

Hello, I did not change the CSS. When I open a diata map in oxygen, if I open a concept, or a task, I can edit it in the author mode. If I open a reference file, I cannot edit it in author mode. I was trying to explore the use of the track changes feature. I was in a reference file. The can edit rea...