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by xephon
Sun Oct 13, 2024 9:08 am
Forum: DITA (Editing and Publishing DITA Content)
Topic: Figure in a task
Replies: 5
Views: 395

Re: Figure in a task

We use <info>.
by xephon
Wed Jul 10, 2024 1:37 pm
Forum: Other Issues
Topic: Rendering PSD Images in webhelp
Replies: 3
Views: 515

Re: Rendering PSD Images in webhelp

Image processing is a pain in a DITA environment. The DocBook-based Paligo system cam handle Adobe formats natively and IIRC convert them on-the-fly. In a DITA environment you have to IMHO convert AI->SVG and PSD->PNG manually. And you have to fiddle out the correct export settings in Illustrator. O...
by xephon
Fri Jun 28, 2024 8:53 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Fluenta - management of translation memories
Replies: 2
Views: 498

Re: Fluenta - management of translation memories

Hello Petr, we are using Fluenta and Oxygen, but not the Fluenta add-on. To support the development of Fluenta, you should buy a license ($200 per year) here . So far, we are not using the translation memory functionality of Fluenta at all, mainly because we have an agreement with our LSP, that 100%...
by xephon
Fri Jun 21, 2024 2:52 am
Forum: DITA (Editing and Publishing DITA Content)
Topic: Output filename based on variables
Replies: 10
Views: 2422

Re: Output filename based on variables

The way I solved this in the past is like so: You add an Ant target after processing. There is the preprocessing.post extension point in the OT. After preprocessing, the keyrefs are resolved. In this target, read the temporary map and cherry pick what you want. Then save this in properties, maybe in...
by xephon
Fri Jun 14, 2024 8:04 am
Forum: XSLT and FOP
Topic: Rexsel — A simpler way of writing XSLT
Replies: 7
Views: 1189

Re: Rexsel — A simpler way of writing XSLT

Hello Hugh, Thank you so much, that you invest life time and love into this project. It is really outstanding, if someone dedicates so much energy into something that he or she believes should be done. I totally agree with you that coding in XML (XSLT is also XML) is no fun, verbose, hard to read, a...
by xephon
Sat May 18, 2024 7:54 am
Forum: DITA (Editing and Publishing DITA Content)
Topic: SVG images with variable/dynamic text
Replies: 8
Views: 1328

Re: SVG images with variable/dynamic text

I would give the SVG domain a try and inject the text with <keyword> elements. I have never tried that and would be thankful if you would post your experience here.

https://www.oxygenxml.com/dita/1.3/spec ... ments.html
by xephon
Sat May 18, 2024 7:50 am
Forum: DITA (Editing and Publishing DITA Content)
Topic: Output PDF file name based on variables
Replies: 5
Views: 1312

Re: Output PDF file name based on variables

I'd recommend to read the metadata from your map after preprocessing (after keyrefs are resolved) and then do the renaming in a new Ant target at the end of the processing.
by xephon
Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:08 am
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Odd behaviour with Oxygen on Wayland
Replies: 12
Views: 1127

Re: Odd behaviour with Oxygen on Wayland

It seems that gnome and Oxygen use the same shortcut. Have you tried changing the shortcut in either gnome or Oxygen?
by xephon
Tue Apr 09, 2024 7:43 am
Forum: DITA (Editing and Publishing DITA Content)
Topic: Are there best practices for setting up Oxygen projects in languages other than English?
Replies: 11
Views: 2372

Re: Are there best practices for setting up Oxygen projects in languages other than English?

Hi, We have a quite complex Fluenta environment and have manuals with 25 languages (mixing rtl and ltr languages). We are not using the Fluenta addon, but integrated a separate Fluenta instance via Oxygen Author actions and Ant scripts. These Ant scripts do things for us, Fluenta does not do. We don...
by xephon
Tue Apr 09, 2024 7:25 am
Forum: DITA (Editing and Publishing DITA Content)
Topic: Deleted Content / Search Results
Replies: 8
Views: 1120

Re: Deleted Content / Search Results

I had this issue before. You maybe want to delete all the content of the output folder before you publish the webhelp again. Otherwise deleted DITA files remain in the output folder as HTML and are picked up by the search engine. Further on, your DITA Map needs to be stored in a superior directory. ...
by xephon
Tue Apr 02, 2024 9:34 pm
Forum: DITA (Editing and Publishing DITA Content)
Topic: Creating a Definition List/Glossary in PDF
Replies: 12
Views: 1445

Re: Creating a Definition List/Glossary in PDF

A terminology is not something like a chapter which is meant to be used in a document. It is a reflection of the concepts and terms you use in your organization, including unwanted synonyms and covering multiple languages.
by xephon
Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:29 am
Forum: DITA (Editing and Publishing DITA Content)
Topic: Creating a Definition List/Glossary in PDF
Replies: 12
Views: 1445

Re: Creating a Definition List/Glossary in PDF

Unfortunately I don't have code to change the appearance of the glossary. Why do you use the old XHTML? Why not the Oxygen Webhelp or at least HTML5? If you are more interested building a terminology instead of a glossary, try my terminology plug-in. You'll find the link on my website.
by xephon
Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:37 am
Forum: DITA (Editing and Publishing DITA Content)
Topic: Creating a Definition List/Glossary in PDF
Replies: 12
Views: 1445

Re: Creating a Definition List/Glossary in PDF

I remember that I had a lot of headache because of that. And I figured out a solution which worked for me, but is not really following the given examples in the whitepapers. I am attaching you a solution based on your data, which should at least work for XHTML. What you are trying to do could work. ...
by xephon
Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:46 am
Forum: DITA (Editing and Publishing DITA Content)
Topic: Creating a Definition List/Glossary in PDF
Replies: 12
Views: 1445

Re: Creating a Definition List/Glossary in PDF

Maybe these whitepaper help http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/29734/AcronymBestPractice_08112008.doc https://groups.oasis-open.org/higherlogic/ws/public/document?document_id=35766 You can also find examples in the spec https://www.oxygenxml.com/dita/1.3/specs/langRef/containers/gloss...
by xephon
Sun Mar 17, 2024 5:22 pm
Forum: General XML Questions
Topic: Oxygen XML Question For Newbie
Replies: 1
Views: 613

Re: Oxygen XML Question For Newbie

If you would like to indent the text in PDF or HTML output, you need to style it with CSS. What you need to do and how this needs to be done depends on your output format and the technology you use, e.g. if you use an HTML+CSS based PDF output or an XSL:FO/FOP based output. You maybe should try the ...
by xephon
Fri Feb 23, 2024 8:50 am
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: ${ask} editor variable return an error
Replies: 6
Views: 964

Re: ${ask} editor variable return an error

I guess you need to use the &amp; entity instead of & in the URL.
by xephon
Sat Feb 03, 2024 11:39 am
Forum: DITA (Editing and Publishing DITA Content)
Topic: Illustrator (.ai) image not being converted with webhelp transform
Replies: 2
Views: 799

Re: Illustrator (.ai) image not being converted with webhelp transform

We convert the files manually to SVG. Illustrator has an integrated script which allows this to be done in a batch Job. Another approach could be, to do this on the fly by using Inkscape and it's CLI, see https://gist.github.com/WebReflection/b5ab5f1eca311b76835c This could be adapted and done in th...
by xephon
Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:21 am
Forum: DITA (Editing and Publishing DITA Content)
Topic: Logo disappears in HTML output upon window resizing
Replies: 3
Views: 846

Re: Logo disappears in HTML output upon window resizing

Hello Tanja,
Please have a look at the original CSS file of your publishing template. You are very close to the solution.
There should be a wrapping CSS media query, which triggers the appearance of the logo. See https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_rwd_mediaqueries.asp
by xephon
Thu Jan 11, 2024 11:14 pm
Forum: Other Issues
Topic: DITA to XLIFF support?
Replies: 11
Views: 6898

Re: DITA to XLIFF support?

The Oxygen Fluenta addon is made for this.
by xephon
Wed Jan 10, 2024 8:54 am
Forum: Feature Request
Topic: Run Xpath with DITA Map Hierarchy Scope from Project View
Replies: 5
Views: 969

Re: Run Xpath with DITA Map Hierarchy Scope from Project View

Hi, May I ask what you are trying to achieve? We have also to work on SVG files and fix them with XSLT. Otherwise Apache Batik has rendering or scaling issues. What we do is selecting the SVG files in the project view and then perform an XSLT transformstion on them, similar to the FrameMaker-MIF-was...
by xephon
Thu Jan 04, 2024 8:47 am
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Ant errors
Replies: 4
Views: 677

Re: Ant errors

by xephon
Thu Jan 04, 2024 8:45 am
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Ant errors
Replies: 4
Views: 677

Re: Ant errors

If you are not using a DITA-OT transformstion, you might not have Saxon HE on the classpath. You can add it like so: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <project> <path id="saxon"> <fileset dir="../../lib/"> <include name="saxon.jar"/> </fileset> ...
by xephon
Thu Nov 09, 2023 7:53 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Validate an XML file with NVDL and Apache Ant
Replies: 4
Views: 740

Re: Validate an XML file with NVDL and Apache Ant

Hi Radu, I don't know how to do it in Apache Ant. The <jing> task seems to only work with a Relax NG file: https://relaxng.org/jclark/jing-ant.html <project name="example" default="validate" basedir="."> <taskdef name="jing" classname="com.thaiopensource....
by xephon
Wed Nov 08, 2023 11:36 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Validate an XML file with NVDL and Apache Ant
Replies: 4
Views: 740

Re: Validate an XML file with NVDL and Apache Ant

I assume that no answer can be interpreted as "there is no solution". :(
by xephon
Thu Nov 02, 2023 9:00 am
Forum: DITA (Editing and Publishing DITA Content)
Topic: Relative path in HTML Fragment Extension Parameters?
Replies: 3
Views: 748

Re: Relative path in HTML Fragment Extension Parameters?

Thank you for posting the solution here. We have the same problem.
by xephon
Wed Nov 01, 2023 6:20 pm
Forum: Common Problems
Topic: Validate an XML file with NVDL and Apache Ant
Replies: 4
Views: 740

Validate an XML file with NVDL and Apache Ant

Hi,
I'd like to validate an XML file with NVDL via Apache Ant, like I can do it with https://relaxng.org/jclark/jing-ant.html and Relax NG. But I could not find a solution. Do you have an idea how to do that?

Thanks a lot
by xephon
Thu Oct 26, 2023 7:09 am
Forum: DITA (Editing and Publishing DITA Content)
Topic: Locking Files Using Git LFS
Replies: 1
Views: 602

Re: Locking Files Using Git LFS

Hi Kenneth, This is very interesting. We have a monolithic repository with dozens of *.xpr files. When we start a new project, we generate a skeleton of directories and files, also *.xpr files, with a script. It would be easy to unlock *.xpr files, commit the new one and then lock them again in the ...
by xephon
Tue Mar 07, 2023 8:43 am
Forum: XSLT and FOP
Topic: Fetch JSON from an API
Replies: 2
Views: 1061

Re: Fetch JSON from an API

Hi,
I'm not familiar with this extension. What we do is to download the JSON with curl from Apache Ant first. Then we convert the JSON to XML and then we operate normally on the XML. This is surely the slowest solution, but very easy to maintain.
Best regards
by xephon
Thu Feb 23, 2023 11:00 am
Forum: XSLT and FOP
Topic: XSL-FO specific page count
Replies: 3
Views: 2987

Re: XSL-FO specific page count