Hussein Shafie wrote:
> Yves Forkl wrote:
>
>>1) Which is the best way to change the mnemonic of the DocBook menu?
>[...]
>
> The mnemonic processing in the <menu> configuration elements is wrong
> and needs to be redesigned.
>
> For now, you can only do this:
> ---
> <menu label="DocBook" mnemonic="k">
> <insert />
> <separator />
> <!-- ADD SOMETHING HERE -->
> </menu>
> </menu>
> ---
> That is, redefine the DocBook menu (and its mnemonic) by augmenting it.
Yes, this works, even without really augmenting the menu:
<menu label="DocBook" mnemonic="k">
<insert />
</menu>
>>2) How to add a user-defined menu without chasing another added menu?
>>
>>I have defined a Character menu that I want to add to XXE's menu bar.
>>From the documentation page on the "menu" command
>>(<INSTALLDIR>/doc/configure/ch06s14.html) it is not clear to me what I
>>have to do in order to include it - without chasing the DocBook menu,
>>which is what currently happens. The config file I use is attached.
>>How to specify the place where my menu will be inserted?
>
>
> If it is not documented, that means that you cannot do it.
>
> You'll have to wait for XXE ***V3*** in order to be able to do this.
Sad, but I won't have to wait for a long time, as the rumour goes. :-)
> However this will be a somewhat advanced customization:
>
> [1] Define the "Characters" menu as below; plus give it a generic name
> such as "configSpecificMenu2".
>
> [2] Create a file (anywhere in ZZZ/addon/) called custom.xxe_gui
> containing what follows:
> ---
> <menuItems name="configSpecificMenuItems2">
> <class>com.xmlmind.xmleditapp.kit.part.ConfigSpecificMenuItems</class>
> <property name="specificationName">configSpecificMenu2</property>
> </menuItems>
>
> <menu name="configSpecificMenu2" label="Extras">
> <menuItems name="configSpecificMenuItems2" />
> </menu>
>
> <menuBar name="menuBar">
> <insert />
> <menu name="configSpecificMenu2" />
> </menuBar>
Trying this solution which seems to me like using a backdoor to the GUI
of XXE V. 2.x, I get exactly the same result like before, when I just
defined the menu without giving it any name, just a label: as soon as my
"Characters" menu appears, the "DocBook" menu is gone, but I would like
to have both of them side by side!
Whichever of the two menus I define last obviously overrides the other.
But I might consider simply integrating my Characters menu into the
DocBook menu. (However, I will then need to define the Characters menu
separately when using other DTDs.)
> [1] Your Characters menu, being completely generic, could be directly
> defined in custom.xxe_gui. Doing this will be simple and quick in V3
> (much much simpler than adding a second *config specific* menu as
> described above)
May I ask in what sense it is "completely generic"? (Can you give an
example of a menu item which would contradict this?) Anyway, I'm looking
forward to XXE V. 3.
> [2] For now, for the kind of menu you want, a much simpler approach
> would be to add a button containing a menu to the DocBook toolbar. See
> http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/configure/ch04s02s03.html
I agree that extending the DocBook toolbar is easier than the above
solution. Unfortunately, my character entry menu is intended primarily
for keyboard-only character entry (otherwise the newly introduced
Favorites range of the Character tool would be a better starting point
for a user-defined set of frequently used characters), which would not
be possible with items in the toolbar.
To finish, I want to say that I am very grateful to you for your
detailed explanations.
Yves Forkl
