> * XXE is much nicer to use for editing documents > not constrained by a DTD or a XML-Schema.
Glad to hear it! I'll check this out ASAP... -- Ron On Wednesday, May 7, 2003, at 11:01 AM, Hussein Shafie wrote: > XMLmind XML Editor V2.3 can be downloaded from > http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/download.shtml > > -------------------------------------- > XMLmind XML Editor V2.3 (May 07, 2003) > > Enhancements: > > * Standard controls such as buttons, menus, > check boxes, combo boxes, lists, etc, can be > embedded in the styled document view. Buttons > and menus are used to execute commands such as > insert element, replace element, etc. Other > controls are used to edit attribute or element > values. These controls are specified as > generated content in the CSS style sheet. With > this feature, XXE can be used to edit XML > data, XML documents or a mix of both content > types. > > New demo file > XXE_distrib_dir/demo/bugreport.xml shows this > feature in action for a mix of XML data (bug > report fields) and XML document (descriptive > fields contain styled XHTML). > > * A generic style sheet called xmldata.css can > be used to style any data-oriented XML file. > It is now used by default to style XML-Shemas > and XXE configuration files. > > This very short style sheet makes heavy use of > a pseudo-function called value-editor(). This > specification instructs XXE to examine the DTD > or XML-Schema to find which controls to embed > in the document view. For example, > value-editor() will automatically create two > radio buttons to edit an attribute having > strings yes and no as its possible values. > > This style sheet can easily create thousands > of controls. Note that in fact what you see is > thousands of ``control images'' and not actual > controls. A document view contains at most a > single actual control. This control replaces > its ``image'' when you click on it or when you > ``tab'' to give it keyboard focus. > > * XXE is much nicer to use for editing documents > not constrained by a DTD or a XML-Schema. > > New option Simulate a document type > (Options|Options, Open tab), turned on by > default, may be used to simulate a document > type for DTD-less documents. > > The pseudo document type simply remembers all > attributes and child elements added to each > element during the editing session. Thanks to > this pseudo document type, the pick lists of > the Edit and Attributes tools are always > filled with sensible values. > > * Command enhancements (mainly useful to write > macros): > > + Added command XXE.open which loads a > document into XXE and command XXE.save > which saves the document being edited in > XXE. > > + Added command get which evaluates a > simple XPath query in the context of > selected element. > > + Enhanced command run (%DU, %DF > substituted variables). Added command > start, similar to run but which executes > an external command asynchronously (like > Windows start or Unix &). > > + Enhanced commands selectNode (self, > preceding, precedingOrSelf, following, > followingOrSelf options). > > + Added new commands addAttribute and > removeAttribute and enhanced command > putAttribute ([empty], [dummy], [id] > options). > > For example these enhancements now allow to > automate the following tasks: > > + Open image referenced in document being > edited in an external image viewer (see > XXE_distrib_dir/docs/poweruser/ > samples2/mydocbook.xxe). > > + Open URL referenced in document being > edited in a Web browser. > > + Load document being edited in an external > text editor, modify it using this text > editor and reload modified document in > XXE (see XXE_distrib_dir/docs/poweruser/ > samples2/defaultbindings.xxe). > > * CSS enhancements (all related to generated > content): > > + Root element can now have generated > content. > > + In addition to rows(), row(), cell(), new > constructs division(), paragraph(), > content() can be used to structure and > layout generated content. > > + The image() pseudo-function has a new > optional parameter which specifies which > fallback image to use when the image to > be displayed is not found or cannot be > loaded. > > + gadget("com.xmlmind.xmledit.form.Collapser") > can now be specified as collapser() > and the way the parameters of this toggle > button are specified has changed. > > + If, for example, pseudo function > element-name() displays the name of an > element as cfg:documentResources, new > pseudo-function element-label() displays > it as "Document resources". > > * Configuration element "include" now has a > boolean "system" attribute which can be used to > include a configuration file located in XXE > distribution directory (that is, a system wide > configuration file) without having to > explicitly specify the location of this > directory. > > This attribute is very useful for a user > wishing to override, say the bundled DocBook > configuration, by a personal, customized, one > (see XXE_distrib_dir/docs/poweruser/ > samples2/mydocbook.xxe). > > * Added a ID/IDREF navigation button to the > toolbars specified in XXE configuration files. > > * Ctrl-Click-3 on the node path bar copies the > displayed path to the clipboard. > > Bug fixes: > > * Extending text selection to previous word > (shortcut Ctrl+Shift-Left) did not behave as > expected. > > * Dictionaries other than en.dar, fr.dar, de.dar > and es.dar were not found by XXE. > > * Command selectFile returned a URL instead of a > file name when used with parameter openFile, > saveFile, openDirectory or saveDirectory. > > * Options Guess ignorable whitespace and Ignore > <?xml-stylesheet?> (Options|Options, Open tab) > required XXE to be restarted in order to be > effective. > > * Default namespace specified by user using > Tools|Declare Namespace was not saved as such > by XXE (example: > xmlns="http://www.acme.com/my/default/ns";) if > the namespace was not used by elements or > attributes in the document. This was > especially annoying for XML-Schemas created > using XXE. > > * XML Schema only: a false error was reported in > the following case: an element is supposed to > contain data (example: xs:int), is empty but > has a default value (example: 0). Note that > this error can only occur with XXE. It cannot > occur with xsdvalid. > -- > XMLmind XML Editor Support List > xmleditor-support at xmlmind.com > http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support
