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by bloodnok
Thu Mar 14, 2019 12:48 am
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Chemistry ignores cell span directives
Replies: 4
Views: 3070

Re: Chemistry ignores cell span directives

Thanks for the workaround.
by bloodnok
Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:57 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Cannot render the ⌥ symbol
Replies: 5
Views: 3514

Cannot render the ⌥ symbol

When I generate a PDF from HTML that contains the "⌥" symbol, Chemistry is rendering the result as "#". The source HTML file has the following: <span class="ph uicontrol">&#8997; option</span> key Chemistry is failing to convert that Unicode correctly. Any suggested...
by bloodnok
Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:22 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Chemistry ignores cell span directives
Replies: 4
Views: 3070

Re: Chemistry ignores cell span directives

Hi Costin, I actually misspoke in my previous request. I'm using Chemistry to generate the PDF from an intermediate HTML file. Here's the HTML in question: <tr class="row"> <td class="entry" headers="network-analysis-graph__controls__entry__1 network-analysis-graph__controls...
by bloodnok
Mon Mar 11, 2019 9:59 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Chemistry ignores cell span directives
Replies: 4
Views: 3070

Chemistry ignores cell span directives

I need a table cell to span two columns. Marked it with <entry namest="c1" nameend="c2">. The columns c1 and c2 are defined in the proper place. Works correctly when rendered into HTML but fails when rendering to PDF. Is this a known issue? Is there a workaround?
by bloodnok
Thu Feb 14, 2019 8:14 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Table fonts.
Replies: 2
Views: 2459

Re: Table fonts.

In case anyone else runs into this, Costin provided a solution that eliminated the problem for me. Added the following to my CSS:

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colspec, col, spanspec{
font-size:1em;
}
by bloodnok
Thu Feb 14, 2019 8:10 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Display URL
Replies: 3
Views: 2491

Re: Display URL

Thanks for the answers, folks. My engineers have suggested URL mangling so that our users won't try to copy&paste the link. That should also kill the live link that the PDF reader generates.
by bloodnok
Wed Feb 13, 2019 8:34 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Display URL
Replies: 3
Views: 2491

Display URL

Chemistry makes URLs live even when the author's intent was to just display it. I have a URL to a malicious download that I definitely don't want my users clicking. Here's a snippet of DITA source: a download was made from the URL <keyword>http://kharkiv.biz.ua/hPpD/</keyword> As there's no xref, I ...
by bloodnok
Thu Jan 10, 2019 4:00 am
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Table fonts.
Replies: 2
Views: 2459

Table fonts.

My default fonts are 12pt. When I build the PDF, the output fonts in the table are about half the size. I tried the following in my CSS: table tbody tr td p{ font-size: 12pt !important; } It didn't work. The fonts are still about half size. How do I get tables to use the same font size as the rest o...
by bloodnok
Thu Sep 06, 2018 9:51 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Chemistry chokes on extended-ISO entity
Replies: 3
Views: 2873

Re: Chemistry chokes on extended-ISO entity

This fix works for me. As I tag the rightarrow character, I was able to make your fix more specific so I don't get a font change applied to the rest of my text.

Many thanks
by bloodnok
Thu Sep 06, 2018 12:40 am
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Chemistry chokes on extended-ISO entity
Replies: 3
Views: 2873

Chemistry chokes on extended-ISO entity

I use the rightarrow glyph in my files. Defined as <dlentry> <!--&#8594; is right-pointing arrow--> <dt>rightArrow</dt> <dd><ph id="rightArrow" outputclass="rightarrow">&#8594;</ph></dd> </dlentry> The open toolkit converts this to "→" (which is poor form but wh...
by bloodnok
Tue Aug 21, 2018 5:39 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: unwanted returns in <codeblock>
Replies: 8
Views: 5908

Re: unwanted returns in <codeblock>

for anyone else experiencing this issue, the synchrosoft folks found a workaround was to disable the <code> tag that gets inserted into <pre> blocks. they provided some css that neutralises the <code>. another solution is to mangle the output html to delete the <code> tags (they serve no purpose tha...
by bloodnok
Tue Jul 31, 2018 2:39 am
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: unwanted returns in <codeblock>
Replies: 8
Views: 5908

Re: unwanted returns in <codeblock>

the urls to the images are https://www.dropbox.com/s/bfdunb1ymddocdw/forlastline.png?dl=0 and https://www.dropbox.com/s/oijwvpzsm2hvvcq/brokenprompt.png?dl=0 i double-checked my codeblocks. the unwanted returns are not in the source. i even added extra elements to see if that would eliminate the unw...
by bloodnok
Wed Jul 25, 2018 9:16 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: widows and orphans
Replies: 3
Views: 3457

Re: widows and orphans

Although it sometimes generates unwanted whitespace, I found using "page-break-after: avoid;" mostly keeps my steps together.

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li.step:before{
content: "Step " counter(item) ": " !important;
counter-increment: item;
font-weight: bold;
page-break-after: avoid;
}
by bloodnok
Wed Jul 25, 2018 9:08 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: unwanted returns in <codeblock>
Replies: 8
Views: 5908

unwanted returns in <codeblock>

I discovered a couple of unwanted carriage returns <codeblock> elements in my Chemistry output. First is a return after "for" and "lastline" in this screenshot https://www.dropbox.com/s/bfdunb1ymddocdw/forlastline.png?dl=0 Second is a return between "-" and ">"...
by bloodnok
Tue Jul 17, 2018 1:36 am
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: TOC pages
Replies: 4
Views: 3323

Re: TOC pages

For anyone else reading this thread, Costin provided a fix to my issue. My stylesheet had a few structural errors.

Many thanks, Costin.
by bloodnok
Tue Jul 17, 2018 1:34 am
Forum: Feature Request
Topic: border-radius
Replies: 5
Views: 6104

border-radius

Chemistry currently ignores border-radius CSS directives. Would it be possible to add that in?

Just in case this already exists, currently running "oXygen PDF Chemistry version 20.1 build 2018-06-13T08:33:44Z"
by bloodnok
Tue Jun 12, 2018 1:53 am
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: TOC pages
Replies: 4
Views: 3323

Re: TOC pages

hi costin, i've generated a redacted version of the doc in question. it has the same issues as the original file(s). i'm using html->pdf with chemistry. would you like a copy of my files to see if you can duplicate and/or fix my issues? If so, i have a zip file of 216kb i could upload or email to yo...
by bloodnok
Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:24 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: TOC pages
Replies: 4
Views: 3323

TOC pages

Once my TOC spills over onto a second page, Chemistry no longer applies my "toc" style to that second page. It also generates an unwanted extra blank page before my first "content" page, also without the "toc" style. Finally, it generates a blank page at the end of the ...
by bloodnok
Tue May 29, 2018 7:10 pm
Forum: Other Issues
Topic: ant build script pretty print
Replies: 3
Views: 2570

Re: ant build script pretty print

i accidentally stumbled on the answer: your app pretty prints ant script variables if the script name starts with "build". makes sense.
by bloodnok
Fri May 25, 2018 6:48 pm
Forum: Other Issues
Topic: ant build script pretty print
Replies: 3
Views: 2570

ant build script pretty print

this is a really minor issue: i've a number of ant build.xml scripts. for some of them, oxygenxml pretty prints variables (${varname}. for others it doesn't. copy&pasting a string containing a variable is pretty printed when the target file has been displaying its variable that way and not when ...
by bloodnok
Mon May 21, 2018 11:37 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Chemistry fails with stylesheet compilation error
Replies: 1
Views: 2672

Chemistry fails with stylesheet compilation error

Experimenting with Chemistry. Using the command line string from How to Obtain PDF Output from DITA Content using a Command Line modified with local paths. It churns for a while, then says Error: The following error occurred while executing this line: /Users/grif/Documents/tools/dita-ot-3.0.2/plugin...
by bloodnok
Tue May 15, 2018 8:43 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Cannot open the specified file popup
Replies: 5
Views: 2534

Re: Cannot open the specified file popup

Adrian, correct that it's a Mac. None of the methods you offered worked at changing the focus on this pop-up. Is there anything else I can try to make "Create new file" work without having to resort to the mouse?

Thanks
by bloodnok
Tue May 15, 2018 4:05 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Cannot open the specified file popup
Replies: 5
Views: 2534

Re: Cannot open the specified file popup

Can I put in an enhancement request then? My workflow is to add a topicref to the current ditamap which then causes the pop-up. I'd prefer to be able to make "Create new file" as my default. Otherwise is there a way to switch from the Close button to the Create button from the keyboard? [T...
by bloodnok
Tue May 15, 2018 12:52 am
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Cannot open the specified file popup
Replies: 5
Views: 2534

Cannot open the specified file popup

Is it possible to make "Create new file" rather than "Close" the default when the app displays the "Cannot open the specified file" popup?