That circa-2004 link to the IXIASOFT website is dead (page not found). In 2020, then: if I am licensed to use the Oxygen Eclipse plugin (for example, with IXIASOFT CCMS), then am I automatically also licensed to use the Oxygen XML Author Windows desktop application? For example, suppose I need to us...

Thanks very much for the reply. I value the rich feature set of the standalone Oxygen XML Author Windows application. Your reference to content management systems resonates with me. I've been reading about IXIASOFT CCMS. I gather that Oxygen XML Web Author is integrated with IXIASOFT CCMS Web , and ...

I'm familiar with, and like, the "standalone" Oxygen XML Author Windows desktop application. I'm aware of, but I have not used, the Oxygen XML Author Eclipse Plugin and Oxygen XML Web Author. I have studied the Oxygen XML Feature Matrix . The matrix row for "Find and replace in all pr...

Dear Oxygen developers, I spend much of my time developing IBM-brand documentation. In that doc ecosystem, syntax diagrams in DITA now get formatted to SVG. However, I've recently started working on a non-IBM-brand product, outside the IBM doc ecosystem. I've just tried formatting a DITA topic with ...

Thanks Radu!

I'm converting a set of documentation topics from Markdown to DITA. I'm using Oxygen XML Author 22.1. Two of the output formats for this DITA source are: PDF with a "back-of-book" index HTML with an Index pane In both cases, the index is looking pretty sparse right now, because the newly c...

I'm using Oxygen XML Author 22.1. I have existing ditamaps with the following document type declaration: <!DOCTYPE map PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Map//EN" "map.dtd"> I want to create more of these. However, in Oxygen, File > New > DITA > Maps presents only the single option "...

I want to rename all of the .dita files that a .ditamap refers to. I want Oxygen to automatically change all references, including cross-references, to the old file names to the new file names. I can do this in Oxygen interactively, one file at a time, using Refactoring > Rename/Move Resource. That'...

Suppose that: I have several dozen software products The product (user) documentation is in DITA The documentation authors use Oxygen XML Author I want to publish the documentation for all of these products—in fact, for the multiple supported versions of all products—on a single website For an examp...

I have the same issue (XML Author 17.1, build 2015102718). For example, Author mode shows blank lines between <p> elements in <context> elements in DITA task topics. It's distracting. The blank lines don't appear in Text mode, and they don't get saved. I don't want to have to make per-element tweaks...

Nice one, thanks Radu! I'll get that release from my IBM contacts when it's available.

Hi Radu, I also have some IBM contacts whom I could ask if you want... Yes, please. That's very kind of you, I would appreciate that. I have no influence there (I am not an IBM employee); I do not have direct contact with the person who performs this customization; neither do I have access to the re...

Hi Radu, Do you have the same rendering on your side? No. I am currently editing a DITA reference topic. The internal part of the page is gray, rgb(251, 251, 251). I suspect I am experiencing behavior caused by a "third-party" customization; or, perhaps, your customization on behalf of tha...

Hi Radu, Are you usually defining index terms only in the prolog metadata section or also in paragraphs? Usually only in the topic prolog. Occasionally in the topic content, such as paragraphs. Not yet in maps, although that might happen in the future. We did not want to add line breaks because inde...

Author mode uses CSS to display parentheses before and after <indexterm> content. (Oxygen XML Author 17.1.) I'm sure I'll get over it, but I find this behavior disconcerting to the point of being annoying, especially since those CSS-injected parentheses have exactly the same display attributes as th...

Hi Radu, if you want feedback from other Oxygen Users for your customization ideas you can register on the Oxygen Users List That's a good idea, thanks. With apologies if I've missed the guidelines; I'm a little fuzzy on whether to post here or to the list. As you suggest, the list is a better optio...

Hi Radu, An observation from a newbie Oxygen user with experience in other XML editors: I find the default appearance of tags in Author mode too intrusive. The tags are too visually similar to the content. I have customized the appearance in Options ► Preferences ► Editor ► Edit modes ► Author ► Tag...

A follow up, for what it's worth (again, just logging my thoughts and actions as a newbie Oxygen user): I have defined the following keyboard shortcuts in the Selection category, corresponding to the Document > Select menu options listed previously: Content : Ctrl+Alt+C Element : Ctrl+Alt+E Parent :...

Hi Ranu, Thank you for your clear and concise explanation of this behavior, including the rationale and use cases. All of that makes sense, and is very helpful. Where previously I was mystified, and thought that perhaps I was doing something wrong, or - I didn't mention it in my previous post, but i...

I have just started using Oxygen (17.1, on Windows 10) to edit DITA. I have used several other validating XML editors, including Arbortext. Oxygen's keyboard-based edit selection behavior in Author mode strikes me as odd. This makes me think that I'm doing something wrong; or at least, missing somet...