What's New in Oxygen Publishing Engine 27.1

March 24, 2025

Oxygen Publishing Engine version 27.1 encompasses the improvements and additions implemented in Oxygen XML WebHelp and Oxygen PDF Chemistry. This version adds the ability to control Chemistry console logging, implemented various bug fixes, and addressed issues that were reported by the community.

PDF Output

Control Logging

It is now possible to control the Chemistry console logging by using a custom logback.xml configuration file along with the new chemistry.log.file transformation parameter. This is helpful if you want to hide the INFO messages or write the logs into a separate file.

DITA-OT

DITA-OT 4.3

The publishing engine was updated to integrate DITA-OT 4.3.0.

Component Updates

Bootstrap 5.3.3

Oxygen WebHelp Responsive output now uses Bootstrap 5.3.3 to render the output.

Deprecated/Removed Components

JavaHelp Plugin

The JavaHelp plugin was removed from Oxygen Publishing Engine. It is still available at: https://github.com/dita-ot/org.dita.javahelp.