Please disregard this last message. I'd misread the tag nesting in Info.plist and had placed the XXE_ADDON_PATH variable in the wrong spot. It works now!
-- Kevin Yank Technical Director, SitePoint Pty. Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Yank [mailto:kevin at sitepoint.com] > Sent: Tuesday, 22 May 2007 12:06 PM > To: 'xmleditor-support at xmlmind.com' > Subject: RE: Setting XXE_ADDON_PATH on Mac OS X > > Hussein, > > Thanks for your reply. The workaround you proposed does not seem to > work, however. > > Having made the recommended tweak to my Info.plist file, I launched > XMLMind XML Editor and the custom configuration was still not loaded. > Again, right-clicking the status bar displayed no evidence that the > XXE_ADDON_PATH property had taken effect. > > -- > Kevin Yank > Technical Director, SitePoint Pty. Ltd. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Hussein Shafie [mailto:hussein at xmlmind.com] > > Sent: Monday, 21 May 2007 9:28 PM > > To: Kevin Yank > > Cc: xmleditor-support at xmlmind.com > > Subject: Re: Setting XXE_ADDON_PATH on Mac OS X > > > > Kevin Yank wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm attempting to deploy XMLMind XML Editor 3.6 Professional on a > Mac > > > for the first time. > > > > > > > > > > > > We have a customized DocBook XML configuration that we use by > setting > > > the XXE_ADDON_PATH property to an absolute URL on our Windows > > workstations. > > > > > > > > > > > > In an attempt to set up the same configuration on my Mac OS X > > computer, > > > I have created a directory called .MacOSX in my user home > directory, > > and > > > created in that directory a file named environment.plist, with the > > > following contents: > > > > > > > > > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > > > > > <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" > > > > > > "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd";> > > > > > > <plist version="1.0"> > > > > > > <dict> > > > > > > <key>XXE_ADDON_PATH</key> > > > > > > > > > > > > <string>@http://www.sitepoint.com/books/xxe_config/configs.list;+</stri > > ng> > > > > > > </dict> > > > > > > </plist> > > > > > > > > > > > > I have further confirmed that this variable is being applied to the > > > system by opening Terminal and typing the 'set' command, which > lists > > > active environment variables, including XXE_ADDON_PATH. > > > > > > > > > > > > Unfortunately, the XXE_ADDON_PATH variable specified therein is not > > > being used by XMLMind XML Editor when I launch it, and it is not > > listed > > > when I right-click on the status bar after the program has started > > up. > > > > > > > > > > > > Can you provide any advice on how I might get this working? > > > > I'm affraid this cannot work due to a limitation of Apple's Java[tm] > > launcher on the Mac. > > > > There is no way to specify in XXE's Info.plist (see attachment): > ``Java > > property XXE_ADDON_PATH is equals to the value of environment > variable > > XXE_ADDON_PATH, if any''. > > > > The workaround is obvious but horrible: open the Info.plist file > found > > deep inside the XMLEditor.app bundle and using a text editor add the > > following key/string elements: > > > > --- > > <key>Properties</key> > > <dict> > > > > ... > > > > <key>XXE_ADDON_PATH</key> > > > <string>@http://www.sitepoint.com/books/xxe_config/configs.list;+</stri > > ng> > > > > ... > > > > </dict> > > ---
