2002
1Version 1.0 - April the 15th, 2002
Version 1.1 - May the 15th, 2002
Version 1.1.5 - May the 20th, 2002
Version 1.1.6 - May the 24th, 2002
Version 1.1.7 - May the 27th, 2002
Version 1.1.8 - June the 5th, 2002
Version 1.1.9 - June the 15th, 2002
Version 1.2 - June the 27th, 2002
Version 1.2.1 - September the 27th, 2002
Version 1.2.2 - October the 22nd, 2002
Version 1.2.3 - November the 27th, 2002
Version 1.2.4 - December the 17th, 20022003
2Version 2.0 - April the 2nd, 2003
Version 2.0.1 - May the 15th, 2003
Version 2.0.2 - June the 9th, 2003
Version 2.0.3 - August the 14th, 2003
Version 2.0.4 - September the 19th, 20032004
3Version 3.0 - January the 14th, 2004
Version 3.1 - February the 6th, 20044Version 4.0 - April the 30th, 2004
Version 4.1 - June the 10th, 2004
Version 4.2 - July the 15th, 20045Version 5.0 - October the 15th, 2004
Version 5.1 - January the 18th, 20052005
6Version 6.0 - May the 22nd, 2005
Version 6.1 - July the 19th, 2005
Version 6.2 - September the 19th, 20052006
7Version 7.0 - January the 13th, 2006
Version 7.1 - March the 2nd, 2006
Version 7.2 - June the 6th, 20068Version 8.0 - November 20th, 2006
Version 8.1 - January 25th, 2007
Version 8.2 - May 7th, 20072007
9Version 9.0 - November 2nd, 2007
Version 9.1 - December 18, 2007
Version 9.2 - May 9, 2008
Version 9.3 - July 2, 20082008
10Version 10.0 - October 23, 2008
2009
11Version 11.0 - October 9, 2009
2010
12Version 12.0 - September 14, 2010
2011
13Version 13.0 - August 29th, 2011
2012
14Version 14.0 - June 27, 2012
14.1Version 14.1 - October 19, 2012
2013
14.2Version 14.2 - February 13, 2013
15Version 15.0 - June 7, 2013
15.1Version 15.1 - October 7, 2013
2014
15.2Version 15.2 - January 22, 2014
16Version 16.0 - May 20, 2014
16.1Version 16.1 - October 7, 2014
2015
17Version 17.0 - May 5th, 2015
17.1Version 17.1 - October 20, 2015
2016
18Version 18.0 - April 21, 2016
What Was New in oXygen XML Editor 4
Related Versions: 4.04.14.2
Version: 4.0
April the 30th, 2004
Debugging Perspective
Provides a special layout when entering in debugging mode to show the
source and the stylesheet documents side by side and to show also the results and
special debugging views.
Multiple XSLT engine Support for Debugging
Debugging can be done using Saxon 6.5.5 or Xalan 2.5.1 transformation
engines
Full Control over the Debugging Process
All debugger capabilities are provided (step into, step over, step out,
run, run to cursor, run to end, pause, stop).
Pause the Debugger Execution with Breakpoints
Breakpoints can be set on both XML or XSL documents used in the
transformation.
Call Stack Debugger View
The current stack containing both stylesheet and source nodes can be
seen at any time during debugging. The advantage of this approach is that the
source scope on which a stylesheet instruction is being executed (the last red
colored node on the stack) is easily visible.
Trace History Debugger View
Entering and leaving node events are logged and made available in a
view to show the history of the processor execution.
XPath Watch Debugger View
XPath expressions are evaluated automatically during debugging. The
debugger will update their values dynamically as the processor changes its source
context.
Debugger Support for Imported/Included Stylesheets and for XML Entities
Once a node from an XML entity or an imported/included stylesheet is
processed by the transformation engine, will open that resource in order to
highlight the current node location.
Templates Debugger View
The list with all the templates used during the transformation and
their corresponding number of calls are presented in the Templates view. This
allows to spot unused templates and also most frequently used templates as they
are ordered based on the hits count.
Variables Debugger View
The debugger lists all variables and parameters visible in the current
context together with their scope and actual value.
Dynamic Output Generation During Debugging
The output is dynamically presented as it is generated by the
transformation process.
Multiple Debugger Output Views
The output can be seen both as text/xml and as rendered
XHTML.
DocBook with XInclude Support
A mod file was added in docbook/dtd in the distribution that adds
XInclude support to the DocBook DTD. There are also document templates (New from
templates action) that allow easy creation of a DocBook document with XInclude
support. Also a ready-to-use sample is provided in the samples/docbook directory
giving you a head start when working with DocBook and XInclude.
Increased Scenario Re-Use with Editor Variables
The re-use of transformation scenarios increased dramatically by
allowing variables in the transformation configuration dialog box. For instance,
it is possible to configure a scenario once and use it to convert any DocBook
document to a PDF file. Another example is if you have an XML file called test.xml
and a stylesheet called test.xsl and you want the output to be test.html (all in
the same directory), then you can generically define a transformation scenario
using editor variables, specify the XSL (${cfd}/${cfn}.xsl) and the result file
(${cfd}/${cfn}.html), and re-use the same scenario to convert sample.xml using the
sample.xsl stylesheet into sample.html.
Transformation Scenarios Allow Multiple Stylesheets
It is possible to define complex scenarios that involve more than a
single stylesheet, thus a single action can execute multiple XSLT transformations
and eventually also a FOP transformation.
Support for XML Stylesheet Processing Instruction
The transformation scenarios dialog box allows to specify to fetch the
XSL automatically from the xml-stylesheet processing instruction. If an XML file
does not have an associated transformation scenario then a default scenario will
be created on the Apply Transformation action configured to use the stylesheet
specified by the xml-stylesheet processing instruction.
Full Content Completion Support for the XSLT Target Schema
Presents the elements defined in a target schema
(Options/Preferences/Content Completion/XSL) as possible substitutes for
xsl:element. Also, these elements will present the possible attributes, and where
available, possible attribute values according to the target schema.
Select the XSLT Engine to be Used for XSLT Validation
It is possible to select the XSLT engine to be used for XSLT validation
(Saxon, Xalan or the one plugged in through JAXP). Saxon SA is bundled with
oXygen so Schema Aware XSLT 2.0 is available out of the box.
Improved Support for Tagging Text
The support for tagging text was improved, the surround in tag action
has a keyboard (configurable) shortcut, CTRL+E by default, and offers a combo box
with the allowed elements where an element will be selected automatically based on
the typed prefix. This together with the surround in last tag action (CTRL+/) can
be productively used to markup unstructured text.
Improvement of the Relax NG-Driven Content Completion Assistant
The Content Completion Assistant driven by a Relax NG schema will offer
only the elements that can be children of the current element instead of all
schema specified elements. In the future the Content Completion Assistant will
display only the elements that keep the document valid in that context - as it
does for XML Schemas and DTDs.
Automatically Learn Document Structure
If a schema or a DTD is not specified for a document, oXygen will
automatically learn its structure and use it to drive the Content Completion
Assistant.
Control Cursor Position After Inserting Elements
After inserting elements through the Content Completion Assistant the
cursor is positioned differently depending whether the inserted element has
attributes or not. Sometimes it is useful to have the cursor always between tags
regardless the element attributes. This is possible by enabling the "cursor
position between tags" option.
Outline View Improvements
The Outline view used to select and expand automatically the node
containing the document change. With version 4.0 the user can select from tree
synchronization options for the Outline view selection: the node at cursor
position, the node containing the document change or no update. Also on the
contextual menu there are available expand and collapse actions.
Smart Home Behavior
When Home key is pressed for the first time on a line the cursor moves
at the beginning of the text on that line. When Home is pressed again the cursor
moves at the beginning of the line, that is position 0. This behavior is repeated
at every Home key pressing.
Open Resources at Cursor (Eclipse only)
Along with Open file at cursor, a new Open
resource at cursor action is also provided that looks for fully
specified Java classes and opens their source files. This is useful, for instance,
when editing/browsing configuration files that contain references to Java
classes.
Search/Replace in Files Improvement
The Search/Replace dialog box has a filter that allows the action to be
performed only on the selected project files.
Tree Editor Can be Launched as a Separate Application
The Tree Editor can now be launched as a standalone application. It can
also be configured to enter in a read-only mode if the user wants to use it only
for browsing.
Choosing the Line Separator
When working across operating systems (for instance, sharing a Linux
drive to Windows machines and editing the same file from both Windows and Linux)
it is possible for different line separator characters to appear. It is also
possible to ignore the system default line separator and choose from Unix (\n) and
Windows (\r\n) line separators in the Preferences dialog box.
Open in Browser Option on Project Files
To easily view a file in the configured browser a contextual action,
Open in browser, was added in the Project view.
Easily Associate New File Types with Editors
When a file with an unknown extension is being opened, a dialog box
asking for what editor (XML, XSL, XSD, etc.) should be used appears. It is
possible to permanently associate the file extension with the selected editor by
just selecting the "associate file type with the editor" option in the same dialog
box.
New Plugins
New plugins are available to help text processing: convert text to
uppercase, to lowercase, capitalize lines, capitalize the first letter on every
selected line, form words to capitalize the first letter of every word and form
sentences to capitalize the first letter of the first word in every sentence. All
these work on the current editor selection.
Copy Location Option for Project Files
In the Project contextual menu an action has been added: "Copy
location". This allows copying the URL of the selected file into
clipboard.
Better Presentation for the Result Messages
A tool tip has been added to the Results panel showing the whole
message content.
More Font Options
The font used in editors can be configured to enable text anti aliasing
and also to make it bold.
Better Support for Adding Files to Project
Adding directories/files to the current project now supports multiple
selections. There are also two contextual actions on the editor tabs that allow
adding the current edited file and all the edited files to the current
project.
Emacs-like Shortcuts
There are some Emacs key bindings that have been added: cut next word -
CTRL(META) + D, cut previous word - CTRL + W (only on Mac), cut to end of line -
CTRL + K.
Digest Authentication
The editor can work with files located on HTTP servers that use digest
authentication.
Changed Content Completion Internals
This is an internal change that is not necessary visible at first but
it speeds up the editor and also makes it more robust. The Content Completion
Assistant will work even if part of the document before the cursor position is not
well formed.
Version: 4.1
June the 10th, 2004
XSLT Debugger in the Eclipse IDE
The Eclipse IDE provides a special layout that shows the source and the
stylesheet documents side by side, and also the results and special debugging
views (Context, Call Stack , Trace History, XPath Watch, Templates , Variables,
etc.) All debugger capabilities are also provided (step into, step over, step out,
run, run to cursor, run to end, pause, stop).
Matching Tag Highlight and Navigation
When having the cursor inside a tag name both the start-tag and the
end-tag are underlined. The user can move the cursor to the matching tag using an
action from the contextual menu or a shortcut.
Support File System Folders in the Project
The user may create linked folders in the project tree. A linked folder
has a correspondent in the file system. When browsing the project tree the user
will see the file system folders that exist in that folder. An option for
refreshing the content is provided in the contextual menu.
Import Remote Folders into the Project
The user may choose to import a folder that exists on a WebDAV or FTP
server. The project will have a logical structure similar to the content of the
remote folder. The files from all the remote sub-folders are added into the
correspondent logical folders.
Improved Search Support
The find operation wraps when searching in the editor. An option to
search in the project files has been added to the contextual menu of the project
tree.
Learn Attribute Values
With this option enabled, the learn document structure can also learn
the values of the attributes and will present them in the Content Completion
Assistant pop-up after a learn structure operation.
Handle BOM on Save
For documents with UTF-8 encoding the user can specify if the Byte
Order Mark should be written or not or preserved if a BOM was present when the
document was loaded.
Close Editor Tabs on Middle Button Click
This is a really handy way of closing the editors.
Improved German Translation
Almost all German messages were changed thanks to Thomas Becker.
Version: 4.2
July the 15th, 2004
Schema Model View
The Model view provides schema-related information for the document
elements and attributes. The content model, the element type, the attributes, the
attribute type and constraints are presented in a compact manner giving the user
an insight in the document schema while editing or browsing the document. XML
schema annotations are extracted and presented for both element and attributes
thus offering an instant help to the document author.
Content Completion Assistant Shows Schema Documentation
The XML Schema documentation is presented by the content completion
support. The Content Completion Assistant offers additional information for the
element and attribute proposals. It will look up the schema annotation and will
make the documentation available to the author in a simple and elegant
manner.
Annotated XML Schemas
To take advantage of the schema documentation support bundles annotated
schemas for XSLT stylesheets and XML schemas.
Contrast Control
The contrast control options allow to change the transparency levels
for markup or text. With a smart pop-up button located on the toolbar the user can
easily change the focus of attention from markup to text and vice versa. For
instance, the transparent markup option, combined with locking the tags, can be
used for safe and easy text-only editing.
User Control over the Transformation in Progress
After starting a transformation an action becomes enabled, allowing the
user to stop that transformation. Therefore, the user is in control and can decide
to stop a time consuming transformation at any time.
Improved Search Support
Support for finding all occurrences in a file was made available via
the contextual menu and through a configurable shortcut. If no text is selected
then the word at cursor will be automatically detected and searched
for.
Breakpoint Operations Enhancements
Added support to easily add, toggle or remove breakpoints in the
Breakpoints panel.
Allow to Define XSLT Extensions Locations
The XSLT processor's extensions paths can be specified using a system
property. Please consult the User Manual for details.
Ready-to-Use JSP 1.2 XML-Editing Support
An additional document template was added to allow creation of JSP 1.2
documents and the samples now have a JSP entry.
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