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What's New in Oxygen XML Author 19.0
Related Versions: 19.019.1
April 5, 2017
Version 19.0 of the oXygen XML Author brings you a variety of new features and improvements that focus on productivity, efficiency, and simplicity.
This major release includes numerous productivity improvements for DITA, updated support for DocBook 5.1 features, enhancements to the search mechanism in WebHelp, a new built-in CSS to PDF processing engine called Chemistry, additional features for the Markdown editor, and much much more. As usual, this version also contains numerous new API and component updates.
There are changes in:
DITA
Fast Create Multiple Topics at Once
The new Fast Create Topics
feature allows you to quickly create multiple new topics at once and
you can specify their hierarchical structure within the DITA map at the time of
creation. A common use-case for this feature is when you need to insert a new
chapter or section with multiple topics and you have the structure and titles
planned out in advance.
DITA Reusable Components View
The DITA Reusable
Components view collects all of the keys that are
defined in the root map and presents them in a dynamic table allowing you to
easily find the key you need, using filters and several sorting options. Once
you find a key, you can insert it as a link or variable reference, using the
contextual menu, or you can drag and drop or double-click on a key to create a
key reference in the fastest way possible.
Convert between DITA Topic Types
A new feature was added that allows you to convert an existing DITA topic to
a different topic type. For example, you can convert a DITA Task to a
DITA Topic and vice versa. Behind the scenes, Oxygen will map the structure
of the original DITA topic to a structure that fits the new topic
type.
Introducing Chemistry - Built-in CSS-based PDF Processor for Publishing DITA to PDF
Our early access CSS-based PDF
processing engine, called Chemistry, is available to make it easier to obtain
customized PDF output using CSS. To use it, modify the built-in DITA Map
to PDF WYSIWYG transformation scenario and in the
Parameters tab, change the
css.processor.type parameter to
"chemistry". Because this is experimental/early access
functionality, we will appreciate your feedback.
Master Files Support for DITA
The DITA master files support allows Oxygen to automatically
determine dependencies between files. Now you can define DITA maps as master
files and when you move or rename resources, Oxygen will automatically
update the references to those resources. It even works when you move multiple
resources.
Improved DITA Map Validation
Some DITA processors do not work correctly if resources are located
outside of the folder that contains the DITA map. The Validate and Check for
Completeness action contains a new option, called
"Report references to resources outside of the DITA map folder" that check for
such resources.
Content Completion for IDs in Text Mode
When inserting DITA conkeyref and
keyref attributes in Text mode, you need to specify an ID
pointing to a specific element in the referenced topic. Now the Content Completion Assistant presents all the element IDs from the
referenced topic, thus you can easily select a correct ID value.
DocBook
Support for DocBook 5.1
Publish Tracked Changes and Comments to PDF Output
A new transformation scenario, DocBook PDF (Show Change Tracking and
Comments), was added to allow you to include comments and
tracked change information in the PDF output for DocBook 5
documents.
Multimedia Support in DocBook
Oxygen now includes actions to easily insert
references to video or audio content in DocBook documents. The visual
Author editing mode displays the multimedia content and allows you to play it
in-place. On the publishing side, the multimedia content will appear in HTML and
PDF output.
Markdown Editor
Improved Markdown DITA Profile
Markdown
can be used directly in DITA-based systems, and Oxygen provides a
variety of features to help you in this case. The DITA preview shows how the
Markdown will look when used in a DITA system and code templates allow you to
insert DITA-specific fragments such as various topic types, sections, or
examples.
See the Structure in the DITA and HTML Preview
When Markdown is used, it will get converted to DITA or HTML. If the
resulting DITA or HTML structure is important, then you can see that directly in
the preview area of the Markdown editor using the Tags Display Mode drop-down menu to control the amount
of markup that will be displayed.
Visual Author Editor
Create Custom Form Controls Using HTML and JavaScript
Create your own custom form controls without having to use the
Java-based API. You now have the ability access the Oxygen environment by
using the built-in oxy_browser form control that loads HTML and
executes JavaScript. For example, you could change attributes values, insert XML
fragments, or open a new editor without having to use an API.
User-Defined Placeholders
When an element is empty, Oxygen presents a placeholder text to
inform the user what should be added inside that element. You now have the
ability to specify this placeholder text directly within a document, using a
processing instruction, thus helping authors understand what content they should
include in that particular element inside that specific document.
WebHelp
Search Auto-Completion
Keywords and documentation titles are displayed while you are typing in
the search field in WebHelp output. This improvements helps you to
construct better search queries.
Phrase Search Support
The WebHelp search engine was improved by adding the ability to do
phrase searches. By entering a phrase inside quotes, you can search for
documents that contain that exact phrase, rather than single
keywords.
Improved Sorting for Search Results
The WebHelp search engine was improved so that the most relevant results
are presented at the beginning.
Show Missing Terms for Search Results
When you search for multiple terms, some of them may not appear in some
of the results. The WebHelp search results now display the terms that were not found in
that particular document next to each result.
Search Results Pagination
The results presented after a search action are now divided and
presented in multiple pages.
Moved from WebHelp Mobile to WebHelp Responsive
The WebHelp Mobile publishing output for DITA and
DocBook has been deprecated because of the better alternative provided by the
new WebHelp
Responsive system, designed for flexibility and modern
features.
Other
Drag&Drop or Copy/Paste to Reference Media Files in DITA, DocBook, and XHTML
You can now drag (or
copy) media files from your system explorer (or the OxygenProject view) and drop (or paste) them into DITA, DocBook, or
XTML documents, and Oxygen automatically creates the corresponding XML
markup to reference those multimedia files.
3-Way Directory Comparison Tool Redesigned
The 3-Way
Directory Comparison tool was redesigned to provide a set of merge
actions that you can select to automatically integrate changes made by others
with your local changes.
Automatic Spell Checking in Review Comments
The Automatic Spell Checking feature now also works
when you add,
edit, or reply to comments in Author mode or the
Review view.
Shorter Startup Time
The startup time when you start Oxygen has been improved by up to
25%.
Improved Editing Support for Java Properties Files
Oxygen now has better editing support for Java properties files
with automatic unescaping and escaping of characters that are outside of the
ISO-8859-1 range.
Support for Media Objects in XHTML
You can easily insert video
or audio content in XHTML documents. The Author mode displays the
media content and you can play it in-place.
API
A detailed list of all changes to the Java API can be found here.
Set the Default Action for Double-Clicking Callouts
A new method, getDefaultAction(AuthorAccess, AuthorPersistentHighlight,
List<AbstractAction>),
was added to the CalloutActionsProvider API and it allows you to return
the default action that will be invoked when the user double-clicks a
callout.
Get Application Name and Type
Added new API, ApplicationInformationAccess.getApplicationName(), that returns
the name of the application. It is usually the title shown in the title bar of the main
application (for example, Oxygen XML Editor, Oxygen XML Author, etc.) Also added
the ApplicationInformationAccess.getApplicationType() API that returns
the application type (for example, XML Editor, XML Author, etc.)
Custom Attributes Editor API Improvements
The CustomAttributeValueEditor API has been improved and it now
also works by pressing an "Edit" button in the Attributes view and the in-place attributes
editor.
Provide Actions to be Contributed in Content Completion
A new method, getContentCompletionActions(AuthorAccess, int),
was added to the AuthorActionEventHandlerBase API and it can be
used to provide a list of actions that will be contributed to the list of
proposals in the Content Completion Assistant.
Create UI Tables Similar to the Ones in oXygen
The new ro.sync.exml.workspace.api.standalone.ui.Table
class was added that allows you to create table UI elements that have the same
look and feel as those in Oxygen and you can incorporate them in your own
custom views and panels.
Notification when URLs and Files are Pasted/Dropped in Text Mode
Added new TextPageExternalObjectInsertionHandler API that
provides notification when URLs and files are pasted or dropped into Text
mode.
Group Actions in a Drop-Down Menu Button
Added the ro.sync.exml.workspace.api.standalone.ui.SplitMenuButton
API class that allows you to group actions in a "split menu button" (a
combination of a button and a drop-down menu) on a toolbar.
Get License Registration Name
Added new LicenseInformationProvider.getLicenseRegistrationName API, and
it returns the registered name that the software is licensed to.
Results Panel Manager
Added the ResultsManager API, and it can be used to
present messages and problems in a results panel, select results, listen to
result selections, get all results (or selected results), remove results, and
customize the contextual menu in the results panel.
Component Updates
Exist 3.0
Oxygen now supports working with the latest Exist 3.0
database.
Saxon Updated to 9.7.0.15
The Saxon library was updated to the latest Saxon 9, version
9.7.0.15.
DITA OT 2.4.4
Oxygen now comes bundled with the old stable DITA OT 1.8 and the
new DITA-OT 2.x version, which is now updated to DITA-OT 2.4.4.
DITA For Publishers Plugins Updated to 1.0.0RC26
The DITA For Publishers Open Toolkit plugins (used to generate EPUB
output and convert MS Word documents to DITA) have been updated to version
1.0.0RC26.
DocBook XSLT Stylesheets 1.79.2
Updated the DocBook XSLT stylesheets to version 1.79.2.
EpubCheck 4.0.2
The EpubCheck tool that is used to validate Epub files was updated to
version 4.0.2.
DITA OT OOXML Plugin 1.2
Updated the com.elovirta.ooxml DITA OT plugin that is
used to convert DITA to OOXML to version 1.2.
Calabash 1.1.15
The bundled Calabash XProc engine has been updated to version
1.1.15.
jQuery 3.1.1
Updated to latest jQuery version (v3.1.1).
XSpec 0.5.0
Updated XSpec framework to the latest version (0.5.0).
Neko 1.9.22
Updated the Neko library that is used to convert HTML to XHTML to
version 1.9.22.
Apache Ant 1.9.8
The Apache Ant library that comes bundled with Oxygen was updated
to version 1.9.8.
Markdown Plugin for DITA OT 1.2.3
Updated the Markdown plugin for DITA OT to version 1.2.3.
TEI Schemas 3.1.0 / TEI Stylesheets 7.42.0
Updated the TEI schemas to version 3.1.0 and TEI stylesheets to version
7.42.0.