Oxygen XML Editor 12
September 14, 2010
User Interface
Redesigned Project View
The new Project view features a simplified tool-bar, an intuitive contextual
menu and a mechanism that synchronizes the selection with the currently edited document.
In addition to this, project modifications are automatically saved.
Redesigned New File Dialog Box
The 'New' file dialog box combines templates and file types in a single
presentation layout for increased usability.
Error Markers in the Attribute View
Invalid attributes and invalid attribute values are highlighted with a red
color in the Attributes view.
Author
Code Templates
The XML code templates (snippets) are available through the Content Completion
Assistant and also in the Author mode. They can be configured in the
Editor/Templates/Code Templates options page.
Drag-and-Drop or Paste Files to Create Links
A link to an image or to a file can be quickly inserted when editing in the
Author mode by dragging the file into the opened document, or by
pasting it. Pasting an image data (copied from another application) in the editor creates
an image file on disk, and then creates an XML reference to that file: for DocBook it
creates a figure element, for DITA an image element,
while for other documents it inserts the file path. The behavior can be
controlled/extended using the Author API.
Content Annotations/Comments
An annotation can be associated with a section of the Author content without
modifying or deleting the content. Annotations can highlight virtually any content from
your document, except read-only text. Such comments are marked in Author
mode with a configurable background color.
Support for the text-transform CSS Property
The CSS property called text-transform is now supported in the
Author mode, allowing you to render text as lower-case, upper-case, or
capitalized.
DITA
Synchronize the Current Topic and the DITA Maps Manager Selection
DITA 1.2 Support Improvements
The content completion support offers the defined keys as proposals for
entering keyrefs values. New document templates were added to easily create new General
Task topics and Subject Scheme maps.
Quicker Way to Insert Links or Content References in DITA Topics
Author API
The new Author API is available at http://www.oxygenxml.com/developer.html.
Custom Persistent Highlights
The Author API provides support for adding custom persistent highlights to the
Author content. For example, this can be used to implement text comments.
Access to Change Tracking Data
You can query the change tracking data at a specified position in the edited
document. If there is a change tracking marker or a comment marker at that point, you get
an object describing: the author name, the change comment, the date, the start offset, the
end offset.
Notifications on Drop and Paste Events
A listener can be set through the Author API to be notified when files are
dropped or pasted in the Author mode.
Support for Opening a Resource in the System Application
You can open a URL in the associated application with an Author API
call.
Get a Balanced Selection Range
You can get the balanced selection range of Author editing
mode: that is the selection interval is extended to include also the start tags or end
tags that are necessary for making the fragment XML "well-formed".
Customized Pop-up Menu
A custom pop-up menu can be displayed from an Author extension.
Display a View or a Toolbar
An Author API call is available for showing (bring to front) a view or a
toolbar from an Author extension.
API for Integration with Third-Party Eclipse Plugins
This is a complete API that allows other Eclipse plugins to access editing
pages from the opened Oxygen editors. You can use this API to access the
Author mode and further use the classic Author API to interact with the
document, but you can also access other pages, such as the Text mode, and
alter their content. You can find an archive with the API and the Javadoc at http://www.oxygenxml.com/developer.html#oXygen_Eclipse_plugin
XSLT Debugger
Mapping from the Output to the XSLT Templates Stack
In case of complex transformations, inspecting the entire stack of XSLT
templates, that were active at the time the output fragment was generated, speeds up the
debugging process. Just enable the Output to Source Mapping on the debugger toolbar, and
click an area of the output text to see the templates stack in the Output Mapping Stack
view.
Unified Breakpoints
The breakpoints and the break conditions were merged into a single breakpoints
view. A breakpoint having a condition set on it stops the XSLT processor only when the
condition evaluates to true.
Content Completion Assistant in XPath Watch View
The Content Completion Assistant for XPath expressions is also available when
entering expressions in the XPath Watch view.
Improved Rendering of Node Sequences
Sequence/node set values are previewed directly in the Variables or the XWatch
views. For big lists of values, you still need to use the Nodes/Values Set.
XSL Editor
Easy Identification of XSL Component References
All the occurrences of an XSL component are highlighted in the text when you place the cursor near the component name.
XML Schema Editor
XProc
Support for Editor Variables in XProc Scenarios
Editor variables can be used to specify parameter values in XProc
scenarios.
SVN Client
SVN Client Redesigned User Interface
Oxygen version 12 includes the latest Syncro SVN Client improvements. For details
please see: the Syncro
SVN Client website.
XML Databases
Updated Berkeley DB XML Database Support
Oxygen now supports the Berkeley DB XML Database version 2.5.16. XQuery
scripts are executed as transactions using the transaction support of the database.
Validation of XQuery scripts is done using the Berkeley DB engine.
Updated eXist XML Database Support
Oxygen supports the upcoming eXist 1.5 Database Server.
EPUB
Component updates
Updated Saxon
Saxon XSLT, XQuery and XML Schema processor was updated to version
9.2.1.2.
Updated DITA Open Toolkit
DITA Open Toolkit was updated to version 1.5.1.
Updated Apache FOP Processor
Apache FOP processor was updated to version 1.0.
Updated TEI Framework
TEI P5 schemas were updated to version 1.7.0. The TEI XSL stylesheets were
updated to version 5.40.
Updated Calabash XProc Connector
Calabash XProc connector was updated to version 0.9.23.