[XXE] conversion failure + .zip file

2018-05-30 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
"Let's try again …" I thought: but then got this from gMail To protect you against potential viruses and harmful software, Gmail doesn't allow you to attach certain types of files, including: - Certain types of files, including their compressed form (like .gz or .bz2 files) or when found

Re: [XXE] search and replace with conrefs

2015-03-05 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Thanks! I already had the impression I should have thought about this earlier in the process :-} On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 5:52 PM, Hussein Shafie huss...@xmlmind.com wrote: On 03/04/2015 03:00 PM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen wrote: document tidily prepared with the string $product instead

Re: [XXE] strategy for change-tracking

2015-01-19 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
, Hussein Shafie huss...@xmlmind.com wrote: On 01/12/2015 08:38 AM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen wrote: Well, you're right there – the Compare tool seems to do an excellent job of identifying changes between files. The only snag is, that's not what I need to do at the moment: I need to use the out

Re: [XXE] strategy for change-tracking

2015-01-12 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
suspect this is going to mean rolling my sleeves up and trying to get somewhere with XSLT :-} On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 11:05 AM, Hussein Shafie huss...@xmlmind.com wrote: On 01/05/2015 10:36 AM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen wrote: Getting into the swing of things using DITA for deliverables here

Re: [XXE] strategy for change-tracking

2015-01-05 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
on the status of ph could help with this approach, especially if the different states were also highlighted in the GUI. On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 11:05 AM, Hussein Shafie huss...@xmlmind.com wrote: On 01/05/2015 10:36 AM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen wrote: Getting into the swing of things using DITA

Re: [XXE] strategy for change-tracking

2015-01-05 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
:-{ On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 10:36 AM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen communicator@gmail.com wrote: Getting into the swing of things using DITA for deliverables here, and now we've reached the stage where the first document needs an upate. This prompts the question what do you suggest for implementing track

[XXE] coding cover pages for .pdf output

2014-12-05 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Thought I'd seen some information about this, but now I can't find it … I'm usually aiming to deliver WebHelp based on DITA source, which works like a charm. Every now and then (particularly for reviews) I need to output .pdf instead. I can then edit the result with Acrobat Pro and add a cover

[XXE] not a question :-}

2014-11-25 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Just happened upon the amazingly useful right-click repeat option while setting up colspecs in DITA – the XML Mind developers really do deserve to be congratulated for providing so many little extras that make the user's life easier and more productive. All the more so when they manage to do this

Re: [XXE] not a question :-}

2014-11-25 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
apparently delivered, but no indication of how long it will be before it gets installed. On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 8:34 PM, Hussein Shafie huss...@xmlmind.com wrote: On 11/25/2014 02:53 PM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen wrote: Just happened upon the amazingly useful right-click repeat option while setting

[XXE] optional steps in DITA

2014-11-17 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Just been looking at how to identify optional steps in a task … setting the 'importance' attribute to 'optional' seemed like a good idea. Unfortunately, this isn't flagging the step as optional either in .pdf or in WebHelp. What else should I be doing? Fingers crossed – could be my last question

Re: [XXE] optional steps in DITA

2014-11-17 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
I was confident it would be something simple and built in that I'd overlooked … thanks, Hussein; just the tip I needed. On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Hussein Shafie huss...@xmlmind.com wrote: On 11/17/2014 11:20 AM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen wrote: Just been looking at how to identify

Re: [XXE] including more DITA elements in WebHelp output

2014-11-10 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Yes, use XSLT customisation already counts as a useful tip – I wasn't anticipating any more, but the confirmation is welcome :-} On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Hussein Shafie huss...@xmlmind.com wrote: On 11/06/2014 02:17 PM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen wrote: We don't have a CMS, let alone

[XXE] including more DITA elements in WebHelp output

2014-11-07 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
We don't have a CMS, let alone a DITA-aware CMS, and there's no immediate chance we're going to get one – who's going to pay good money just make a technical author's life easier :-} I'm refining my grep skills to get maximum use out of prolog elements, but I was wondering whether there's any way

Re: [XXE] (no subject)

2014-11-03 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
against the current working directory. Example: {{image(artwork/logo.svg)}}. On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 3:39 PM, Hussein Shafie huss...@xmlmind.com wrote: On 10/31/2014 02:42 PM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen wrote: I think I may be missing something … I've re-read your e-mail about footers in WebHelp

[XXE] (no subject)

2014-10-31 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
I think I may be missing something … I've re-read your e-mail about footers in WebHelp, and checked the link to the documentation, but it looks as though I have specified something incorrectly. - the source file concept_introduction.dita is in the same directory as footer.xhtml - the

Re: [XXE] … and now the screenshot :-}

2014-10-24 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Just the info I needed … thanks. On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Hussein Shafie huss...@xmlmind.com wrote: On 10/23/2014 03:53 PM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen wrote: In case it doesn't survive gMail, the header-right definition is {{image(images/_wlBlue.png)}} Niels Grundtvig Nielsen wrote

[XXE] … and now the screenshot :-}

2014-10-23 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
In case it doesn't survive gMail, the header-right definition is {{image(images/_wlBlue.png)}} [image: Inline image 1] -- XMLmind XML Editor Support List xmleditor-support@xmlmind.com http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support

Re: [XXE] ditamap and navigation pane

2014-10-09 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
are tasks, which are concepts and which are placeholders with no link. Thinking on, the colour-coding might actually be distracting in the ditamap view; but could perhaps be optional? On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Hussein Shafie huss...@xmlmind.com wrote: On 10/08/2014 10:57 AM, Niels Grundtvig

[XXE] ditamap and navigation pane

2014-10-08 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Is there any trick for getting these two views of a library to move in synch? I thought at first of training myself to use one or the other, but I can't add topicrefs in the navigation pane (afaik) and don't get the useful colour-coding (task, concept, 'reserved for future development') in the

Re: [XXE] how to work with local js

2014-10-02 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Didn't realise I'd got as far as requesting, but I'm impressed to hear the feature is already implemented! Thanks. On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 7:40 PM, Hussein Shafie huss...@xmlmind.com wrote: On 10/01/2014 11:17 AM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen wrote: Successful demo yesterday of how to integrate

[XXE] how to work with local js

2014-10-01 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Successful demo yesterday of how to integrate WebHelp (generated from DITA-compliant source with XXE, of course) with a large application; green light to continue the project, so I'm happily writing new topics by rescuing content from paper-based files. Also, less happily, trying to chase the

[XXE] table output – just checking my observations

2014-09-05 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Hurrah! another manager buys the idea of single-sourcing, so I'm making a .pdf from a ditamap. After solving the page layout question – the online help doesn't explicitly mention you aren't allowed spaces between numbers and units, and does suggest you need single quotes round values – with a few

[XXE] customising navigation labels

2014-08-11 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
After consulting the helps, it was easy to make sure that a particular set of topics showed their context with the Parent/Child/Sibling topic(s) lists … but I'll dare to ask a small related question all the same: is there any way to customise the labels Parent/Child/Sibling? -- XMLmind XML Editor

[XXE] working with DITA draft-comment

2014-07-01 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
As I continue moveing real content to DITA thanks to XML Mind, the time is coming where I'll need to start review cycles. I'm not going to ask my innocent reviewers to read xml source! and wondered whether there is a switch I can use to include draft-comment elements in .pdf and Web Help output?

Re: [XXE] working with DITA draft-comment

2014-07-01 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Excellent! just what I needed, so I was right to be confident it would be possible – thanks. On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 10:35 AM, Hussein Shafie huss...@xmlmind.com wrote: On 07/01/2014 10:05 AM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen wrote: As I continue moveing real content to DITA thanks to XML Mind

Re: [XXE] small layout question

2014-06-18 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Nice! works perfectly, and makes the tables much easier to read. Personally, I have always left-aligned column/row headings :-} On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Hussein Shafie huss...@xmlmind.com wrote: On 06/17/2014 04:06 PM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen wrote: I've been copying tables from

[XXE] small layout question

2014-06-17 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
I've been copying tables from Framemaker into XML Mind, delighted to find that the paste as table works perfectly and saves me a lot of time. One things I've noticed, though, is that when I use rowheader=firstcol and output to WebHelp the heading cell is centred. Is there some setting I can

[XXE] marking dita note elements with graphics

2014-05-26 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Just wondering … in my current layout for printed documentation, I use an icon in the margin to identify different types of note. If I wanted to do the same sort of thing starting from DITA, would this be an xslt tweak? Thanks for pointing me in the right direction! -- XMLmind XML Editor

Re: [XXE] marking dita note elements with graphics

2014-05-26 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Very promising! thanks for the quick explanation. On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 12:26 PM, Hussein Shafie huss...@xmlmind.comwrote: On 05/26/2014 10:57 AM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen wrote: Just wondering … in my current layout for printed documentation, I use an icon in the margin to identify

Re: [XXE] Updating custom .xsl call

2014-05-14 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
-page User Guide into DITA en route to online help. We'll get that order through to you one of these days … On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Hussein Shafie huss...@xmlmind.com wrote: On 05/13/2014 03:34 PM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen wrote: From what you say, it looks as though I've upset things

Re: [XXE] Updating custom .xsl call

2014-05-13 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
/09/2014 10:13 AM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen wrote: Because I'm using XXE on more and more documents, I changed the name of a directory to match the new content. Processing a .ditamap now fails – logically enough – because the path to the custom .xsl is no longer valid … but the Customise Document

[XXE] Updating custom .xsl call

2014-05-09 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Because I'm using XXE on more and more documents, I changed the name of a directory to match the new content. Processing a .ditamap now fails – logically enough – because the path to the custom .xsl is no longer valid … but the Customise Document Conversion Stylesheets doesn't let me delete the

Re: [XXE] improving .pdf output by font substitution

2014-04-23 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
formats, generated incorrect Test_before_2.pdf. * After dropping C:\Windows\Fonts\impact.ttf onto FOP preferences sheet and restarting XXE, generated correct Test.pdf (Looks OK and Acrobat Reader says that font Impact is embedded in the file). On 04/17/2014 02:15 PM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen

[XXE] improving .pdf output by font substitution

2014-04-17 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
that solves my problem. As I said, it is less urgent now I've worked out how to adjust the final .pdf myself. Thanks in advance! Niels Grundtvig Nielsen Technical Communicator *you know what you're talking about – I can help you say it* -- XMLmind XML Editor Support List xmleditor-support

[XXE] two small observations

2014-03-27 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
First serious use of XML Mind, after successful proof of concept documents: I'm now using it to collect information from a team of developers and prepare a DITA-compliant configuration document for a client. The deliverable is going to be a .pdf file, and I've noticed just a couple of small

[XXE] DITA attribute collection-type=family – no visible result in web help

2014-02-24 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Making good progress converting a data dictionary from unmanageable single Word file into manageable DITA topics, but I've hit a small snag: I've been advised that collection-type=family is the way to generate links between topics at the same level, but I haven't managed to make this work yet.

[XXE] two small questions about working with text

2014-01-31 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
on it in XML Mind - from the Helps, I'd hope that ctrl + shift + home/end would select the text content of table cells, but it doesn't seem to; and the shortcuts I have found seem to select a whole row, not just a single cell/entry. Hints and tips welcome! Niels Grundtvig Nielsen -- XMLmind XML

Re: [XXE] two small questions about working with text

2014-01-31 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
select a whole entry) and just got the message *Recording macro aborted: execution of selectAtbegin is forbidden in recording mode*. Hints and tips welcome! On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Hussein Shafie huss...@xmlmind.comwrote: On 01/30/2014 04:06 PM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen wrote: * I

Re: [XXE] needles and haystacks – looking for one nugget of information in the documentation :-}

2013-12-19 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Grundtvig Nielsen wrote: I'm adding a paragraph in a DITA concept, have just copied in a ph that I'm using to include the product name, and now I've forgotten how to continue adding text after the ph. I've definitely read a tip about doing that, but can't find it again now I need it. Could you send me

[XXE] needles and haystacks – looking for one nugget of information in the documentation :-}

2013-12-18 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
I'm adding a paragraph in a DITA concept, have just copied in a ph that I'm using to include the product name, and now I've forgotten how to continue adding text after the ph. I've definitely read a tip about doing that, but can't find it again now I need it. Could you send me a reminder? Thanks

[XXE] moving elements in DITAmap – keyboarding observation

2013-12-16 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Hardly a major problem, but I've just been rearranging the elements in a DITAmap that had arrived in alphabetical order. While occupied with this particular task, I notice that the shortcut F2 + up arrow only works once. That is, if I keep F2 pressed and press up arrow more than once, this moves

Re: [XXE] telling the world how good XML Mind is

2013-12-09 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
a powerful text editor, because of the depth of nesting you often need. On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Hussein Shafie huss...@xmlmind.com wrote: On 12/05/2013 02:29 PM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen wrote: XML Mind suits me down to the ground for writing DITA, so I'm passing on this link in case you want

[XXE] telling the world how good XML Mind is

2013-12-05 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Well, I can understand how certain subject words automatically trigger a click on a Delete icon g Here's what I sent earlier: XML Mind suits me down to the ground for writing DITA, so I'm passing on this link in case you want to make sure it gets updated.

[XXE] footers

2013-11-20 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
I know I've seen something about footers in the XML Mind documentation, but now I want to check the information I can't find it again :-{ I've just happily converted a short set of Functional Specs to DITA, then produced HTML help as portable output. What I'm now wondering is, can I use DITA

Re: [XXE] footers

2013-11-20 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Thanks for the quick and helpful answer, Hussein. I'll bear XSLT tuning in mind, though it might not get to the top of my to-do list immediately :-} On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Hussein Shafie huss...@xmlmind.comwrote: On 11/20/2013 08:56 AM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen wrote: I know I've

Re: [XXE] teaching by example – styles in word-processor formats

2013-10-21 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
this week won't be replaced by one that doesn't next week g On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Hussein Shafie huss...@xmlmind.com wrote: On 10/18/2013 02:56 PM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen wrote: I can spend a happy afternoon taking unstructured content out of an .odt or a .docx file, applying DITA rules

[XXE] teaching by example – styles in word-processor formats

2013-10-18 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
I can spend a happy afternoon taking unstructured content out of an .odt or a .docx file, applying DITA rules for structure and converting the results to a tightly structured output file I can give back to the original writer for discussion. But – while layout and formatting are applied

Re: [XXE] search and replace on attributes – built-in function or better with an external editor?

2013-10-17 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
PM, Hussein Shafie huss...@xmlmind.comwrote: On 10/17/2013 11:16 AM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen wrote: Good morning! after a very productive day building repetitive tables thanks to the new Paste options, I generated a .pdf of the results and realised I'd made a mistake: I've set colwidth=3

[XXE] optional steps in DITA tasks

2013-10-11 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Working in a DITA task, I enter a step element and set the importance attribute to optional from the attribute value pulldown. It looks as though the attribute value is set, but there is no visible Optional marker in .pdf output, either from topic or form calling topic in a bookmap. Is there

[XXE] keyboard shortcu for file browser

2013-10-11 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
XML Mind's set of keyboard shortcuts makes it a pleasure to use – you can get lots done without needing the mouse! I seem have to hit an exception, though, as even after checking the Helps I haven't found a shortcut to open the file explorer when entering an image xref. ctrl + i inserts an image

Re: [XXE] keyboard shortcu for file browser

2013-10-11 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Nice! thanks. On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 1:02 PM, Hussein Shafie huss...@xmlmind.com wrote: On 10/11/2013 12:10 PM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen wrote: XML Mind's set of keyboard shortcuts makes it a pleasure to use – you can get lots done without needing the mouse! I seem have to hit an exception

Re: [XXE] portable XML Mind

2013-10-08 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
That's it, indeed … thanks for the tip! On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 5:01 PM, Hussein Shafie huss...@xmlmind.com wrote: On 10/07/2013 02:47 PM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen wrote: With the chance of helping some consultants convert a documentation project to DITA, it would be handy to store the source

Re: [XXE] FOP warning

2013-10-01 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
You cannot get RC=0 with Apache FOP. That's reassuring :-} I'll concentrate on the actual output and not worry too much about the log unless I can see something wrong. Thanks! On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 6:05 PM, Hussein Shafie huss...@xmlmind.com wrote: On 09/27/2013 04:15 PM, Niels Grundtvig

[XXE] FOP warning

2013-09-27 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Here are three lines from the command-execution log for converting a bookmap to .pdf – I can't spot anything obviously wrong with the output, so I'm wondering how to read and understand the warnings. [FOP INFO] Rendered page #1. [FOP WARNING] Line 1 of a paragraph overflows the available area by

[XXE] scaling images in DITA topics

2013-09-24 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Good morning! I have a DITA topic with three figures: each figure includes a title and an image, and the topic as a whole is valid ;-} Because the original images are wide (968 pix) screenshots, I have used scale=75 on each of them. On screen in XML Mind this gives the required results, but when

[XXE] command execution log

2013-09-23 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Good morning! I've just run the .pdf output command on a map, and saw a number of messages fly past. I know I can open the log on-screen, and wondered if there was an easier way to print it and use it as a checklist: 'select all' with the mouse, copy/paste to a text editor and print from the

[XXE] output conversion

2013-09-23 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
After checking the documentation, I have used the Change Document Conversion Parameters dialogue for the Convert to PDF, PostScript parameters and added two parameters: - body-font-family 'Arial' - title-font-family 'Arial' The .pdf persists in giving me output in a serifed default font,

Re: [XXE] How to use the Arial font in the PDF files created by the Convert Document menu (Was: output conversion)

2013-09-23 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
huss...@xmlmind.com wrote: On 09/23/2013 11:43 AM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen wrote: After checking the documentation, I have used the Change Document Conversion Parameters dialogue for the Convert to PDF, PostScript parameters and added two parameters: * body-font-family 'Arial' * title

[XXE] Microsoft vs the world – a tip to help the world fight back g

2013-08-07 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Delivered another DITA document-map as Web Help earlier this week, which pleased the developer involved. The problem we noticed was that none of the SVG graphics displayed correctly; colleague checked and found an answer. Try adding a meta tag to the top of your HTML page to force IE9 mode: meta

Re: [XXE] small problem outputting javahelp

2013-07-05 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Thanks; I'd misunderstood what I needed to specify as default viewer, and not noticed that I needed to specify the MIME type. Next problem – jh2.0 installed yesterday, java 1.7.0_25 up and running … but an error message when I try to open the JavaHelp I've made from a ditamap. Am I using the

[XXE] small problem outputting javahelp

2013-07-04 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
I hope I've made a small mistake that's easy to correct … but if so, I don't know what it is :-{ - platform: Windows 7 - Preferences Tools Helper applications: JHelp index, default viewer C:\Users\a548040\jh2.0\javahelp\bin\jhindexer.bat %F - File tree:

Re: [XXE] refresh after changing image source

2013-06-05 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Comes as no surprise, somehow … I'm used to ctrl+L in FrameMaker (any platform) and Linux, but hadn't realised it was also generalised as fas as XXE. Thanks! On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 1:02 PM, Hussein Shafie huss...@xmlmind.com wrote: On 06/04/2013 11:24 AM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen wrote: Just

[XXE] refresh after changing image source

2013-06-04 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Just wondering – every now and then I realise I've made a mistake in a graphic, or the developers change their mind about an icon. If I update the graphic, is there a trick for updating the display in XXE? -- XMLmind XML Editor Support List xmleditor-support@xmlmind.com

Re: [XXE] a Web Help question …

2013-05-24 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Thanks for a quick and comprehensive reply! I'll pass it on to the developers in the team the document set is for; they know a lot more than I do about this sort of thing. The Web Help files generated by XMLmind all start like follows: [cut] *1* As you can see it, only the JavaScript and

[XXE] a Web Help question …

2013-05-23 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Had an enjoyable meeting this afternoon with a development team, who are now distinctly interested in the possibilities of using XML Mind (of course!) and DITA (of course!) to move from paper-based documentation to good on-line content. Just one snag: when a colleague tried to show the set of web

[XXE] keyboard shortcut in tables

2013-05-17 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
After adding a row, is there a keyboard shortcut to tab from cell to cell? -- XMLmind XML Editor Support List xmleditor-support@xmlmind.com http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support

[XXE] keyboard shortcut in tables

2013-05-17 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Oops … in this case, I should of course have been adding an entry to the next column: not trying to tab into nothingness ;-} Making mistakes is one way of remembering what you learn, I suppose. -- XMLmind XML Editor Support List xmleditor-support@xmlmind.com

[XXE] inserting prodinfo in DITA metadata

2013-05-16 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
I have a stack of valid DITA files to rework that were originally prepared outside XXE. They all include a prolog with author elements, and now I want to add metadata. I've worked out that I need to select the last author element and then Insert after to add an empty metadata element, but that

[XXE] customising conversion to Web Help

2013-05-16 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
I realise conversion is not the primary focus of XXE, but I need to ask the question and hope there's an answer I'll be able to understand. We have a number of simple svg diagrams ready to include in a DITA documentation set delivered as Web Help: how do I stop the conversion from replacing these

Re: [XXE] inserting prodinfo in DITA metadata

2013-05-16 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
I'm impressed – a quick and very complete answer. I'll work through the information carefully, because I certainly am interested in learning how to work more efficiently :-} On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 9:18 AM, Hussein Shafie huss...@xmlmind.com wrote: On 05/16/2013 08:44 AM, Niels Grundtvig

Re: [XXE] on the frontier between DITA and XXE

2013-05-16 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Thanks! I think I should be able to get somewhere with using the desc attribute in xrefs. On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Hussein Shafie huss...@xmlmind.com wrote: XMLmind DITA Converter (AKA ditac), the DITA processor integrated in XMLmind XML Editor, converts the contents the DITA desc

[XXE] on the frontier between DITA and XXE

2013-05-15 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
XXE .xhtml output from DITA topics support any sort of mouse-over/pop-up, for example to display a definition from a glossary? 2. if so, which DITA construct do I need to go away and learn about? Thanks in advance for help on this. Niels Grundtvig Nielsen Technical Author (External) Atos

Re: [XXE] How to view the XML source of a document?

2013-05-07 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
I thought I'd be wanting to check the XML source all the time when I started g but in fact, no! the only exception is when I prepare some DITA files outside XXE and they won't validate; then I'll adjust them in Notepad++ or gVim. Bear in mind I started off in an 80-char green on black

Re: [XXE] line-wrapping/line-breaking in DITA source files

2013-05-06 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Thanks for reminding me about the limitation; luckily, I wasn't working with XML-significant whitespace. It's still a little surprising, perhaps, that XML Mind goes for the double whammy – discarding whitespace the user has included and then adding (as in my case) line breaks the user has _not_

[XXE] line-wrapping/line-breaking in DITA source files

2013-05-04 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
I've been happily porting a document into DITA, doing the bulk of the work outside XML Mind (because I've been given a special PC for running such a dangerous application) but finishing off each topic in XML Mind for validation. I have the impression that some of the content I've prepared is

[XXE] DITA xref (was Problem in viewing embedded SVG files using XMLMind)

2010-01-07 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Sorry about the misleading Subject - careless use of Reply to pick up the address ... I'll start by clearing the cache and then take a careful look at the source- files. Niels Grundtvig Nielsen Technical Author - Safety Management Unit The Brussels Airport Company tel +32 (0)2 753 66 74

[XXE] Problem in viewing embedded SVG files using XMLMind

2010-01-06 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
welcome! and I realise that it could be DITA question as much as or more than an XML Mind question. Observations on good practice and avoiding in-file links not required, as this is all in the context of experimental conversion on a specific document. Thanks in advance. Niels Grundtvig

[XXE] fine-tuning XHTML ouput

2009-12-01 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
made the choice to deliver referenced graphics as svg, it's a bit surprising that the tool then knows better and generates png versions. Niels Grundtvig Nielsen Technical Author - Safety Management Unit The Brussels Airport Company tel +32 (0)2 753 66 74 www.brusselsairport.be

[XXE] fine-tuning XHTML ouput

2009-12-01 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
[*] Simply because she/he authored her/his graphics this way, or because SVG files give great results when the same document is converted to PDF or PostScript. Indeed! and because the graphics I work with tend to have a lot of text in; it's often handy to be able to use the browser Search

[XXE] registration

2009-11-03 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Well, I _think_ our IT support guys have successfully installed 4.5 on my PC ... but they started by uninstalling the older version, and at no stage did we have to enter our registration key. How can I check whether I have a fully-registered 4.5 Pro? Thanks in advance! Niels Grundtvig Nielsen

[XXE] XXE and .ditaval

2009-08-17 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
check my references I read To process the .ditaval file, you must include a property in your Ant build file ... Please tell me there's an easier way to do this with XXE! Niels Grundtvig Nielsen Technical Author - Operations The Brussels Airport Company tel +32 (0)2 753 66 74 www.brusselsairport.be

[XXE] XXE and .ditaval

2009-08-17 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
time to get the company moving fast enough to order 4.4.0 - will the update to 4.5 (once it's ready) be covered by my existing licence? Niels Grundtvig Nielsen Technical Author - Operations The Brussels Airport Company tel +32 (0)2 753 66 74 www.brusselsairport.be

[XXE] Additional Features to XMLMind

2009-08-07 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
cleanup) within a file? Niels Grundtvig Nielsen Technical Author - Operations The Brussels Airport Company tel +32 (0)2 753 66 74 www.brusselsairport.be _ This message, including attachments, is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not an intended

[XXE] DITA to PDF failing

2009-07-27 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Add-ons g Thanks for your help, and I'll let you know how I get on with the extra installs. Niels Grundtvig Nielsen Technical Author - Operations The Brussels Airport Company tel +32 (0)2 753 66 74 www.brusselsairport.be _ This message, including

[XXE] DITA to PDF failing

2009-07-27 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Perhaps I haven't installed enough Batik? Screenshots attached to show: * warning when I try Options|Install Add-ons * list of currently-installed add-ons * error message from DITA Convert Convert to PDF I get the same message with various source-files. Niels Grundtvig Nielsen Technical

[XXE] DITA to PDF failing

2009-07-27 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
! thanks. all this would have been automatic and painless when using Options|Install Add-ons I'm sure it would ... g Niels Grundtvig Nielsen Technical Author - Operations The Brussels Airport Company tel +32 (0)2 753 66 74 www.brusselsairport.be

[XXE] DITA topic IDs and cross-references

2009-07-23 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
... window inserts the filename), element id title and type concept Various attempts to enter a fully-qualified ID as mentioned in the XML Mind help fail, apparently because the / is not an acceptable character. Any tips on how to set up an xref correctly will be appreciated! Niels Grundtvig

[XXE] DITA to PDF failing

2009-07-23 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
in advance for any help resolving this issue. Niels Grundtvig Nielsen Technical Author - Operations The Brussels Airport Company tel +32 (0)2 753 66 74 www.brusselsairport.be _ This message, including attachments, is confidential and may be privileged

[XXE] DITA 1.1 and foreign element

2009-04-07 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Excellent response! I'd found by experiment and guess-work that foreign was a pre-requisite, and your explanation of why it still doesn't work as I'd hoped clears up my new question. I was always intending to reference external graphics, the obvious way to go in any environment that supports it,

[XXE] DITA 1.1 and foreign element

2009-04-06 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
is incorrect [cvc-complex-type.2.4] [2] element cannot contain element svg [cvc-complex-type] What am I missing? thanks in advance for any tips. Niels Grundtvig Nielsen Technical Author - Operations The Brussels Airport Company tel +32 (0)2 753 66 74 www.brusselsairport.be

[XXE] showing conref definitions

2009-03-31 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
. That's an entirely acceptable solution! especially as I can get to it without needing to mouse. Thank-you. Niels Grundtvig Nielsen Technical Author - Operations The Brussels Airport Company tel +32 (0)2 753 66 74 www.brusselsairport.be _ This message

[XXE] showing conref definitions

2009-03-30 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
explicitly after defining a conref, and wonder now whether there's an easy way to check the definition? something like a tool-tip, rather than having to undo the transclusion and check the attributes panel. Thanks in advance! Niels Grundtvig Nielsen Technical Author - Operations The Brussels

[XXE] User's Guide is hard to find

2009-01-15 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
?! Standard disclaimer, I'm nothing to do with Adobe; regrettable disclaimer; I've not been allowed to put it into production because it's simply too new by the standards of our IT department ... Niels Grundtvig Nielsen Technical Author - ICT/BUS The Brussels Airport Company tel +32 (0)2 753 66 74

[XXE] xhtml links in XXE

2008-08-01 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
not. Question: Can I easily open/move between files linked with a href ...? and if so, how. Thanks in advance! Niels Grundtvig Nielsen Technical Author - ICT/BUS The Brussels Airport Company tel +32 (0)2 753 66 74 www.brusselsairport.be

[XXE] relationship between dtd and base xml file

2008-06-03 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Thanks! I'll carefully try out these helpful suggestions, and if need be take up the offer of a review. Good support for a good product! NGN -Original Message- From: Hussein Shafie [mailto:huss...@xmlmind.com] Sent: vrijdag 30 mei 2008 10:54 To: Niels Grundtvig Nielsen Cc: xmleditor

[XXE] relationship between dtd and base xml file

2008-05-29 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
read the documentation again if you tell me where to look ;-} it's usually fairly clear. Thanks in advance for hints and tips Niels Grundtvig Nielsen Technical Author - ICT/BUS +32 (0)2 753 66 74 The Brussels Airport Company

[XXE] WG: filename documenthook - CANCEL

2007-10-22 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Glad you found the answer, but why not explain it? just in case anyone else is looking for it ... Niels Grundtvig Nielsen Technical Author - Geomatics Drawings Management Group The Brussels Airport Company +32 (0)2 753 66 74 -Original Message- I found it - Thank You! -Urspr

[XXE] upgrade and obsolete jar-files: simple questions from infrequent user

2007-10-11 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
to install the new versions by hand? (can't run automatic updates, because of the mysterious firewall problem that's already been discussed) Thanks in advance for clarification. Niels Grundtvig Nielsen Technical Author - Geomatics Drawings Management Group The Brussels Airport Company +32 (0)2 753

[XXE] On-the-fly spell checking slows down other things?

2007-07-26 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
Real-time spell-checking is a task, therefore it consumes resources. Real-time indication of spelling mistakes also snags the user's attention when he or she is presumably concentrating on trying to get content into an app. My personal preference is to bang the content in, hoping for the best,

[XXE] Re: Professional edition question

2007-07-23 Thread Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
wanted to show people what I was up to I'd prefer to show them the tree-view as well as the tagged text view; to my mind, it shows an important characteristic of xml very clearly. Niels Grundtvig Nielsen Technical Author - IFM/GDMG The Brussels Airport Company

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