OK, we'll seriously consider implementing this feature in next release (not expected before at least two months).
Note that XXE is not a specialized DocBook editor. Therefore, we need to implement a generic, parameterizable, command which will work for any document type. This to explain that the feature you want is not as easy to implement as it seems. [email protected] wrote: > Dear XMLmind team, > > I am trying to persuade my organization to use XXE for DocBook > documentation editing. I think one critical necessary feature would be > to allow the user to copy and paste tables from other documents > into DocBook with a single command. > > There already is a wish on the list: > "XXE lacks a command that makes it easy copying and pasting several > cells/rows at a time from Microsoft Excel." > > I think if you consider that pasting an Excel table into a text editor > like Notepad results in TAB separated values, you can come fairly > close to fulfilling this request if you implement a "Paste TSV into new > table" > command in XXE. It would do this: Create a new table. Take the text from > the clipboard and process it line by line, creating a new table row for > each line. > Separate each line of clipboard text into cell values at TAB characters. > > As I am not a Java programmer, and not familiar with XXE-s internal > representation of the XML tree, I cannot provide a "patch" but it should > not be difficult for an XMLmind developer. > > Thanks for considering my suggestion, which would surely be welcomed > by many of your existing and potential customers of this otherwise great > product. > > Best regards > Marton Kadar > > -- > XMLmind XML Editor Support List > [email protected] > http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support > > -- XMLmind XML Editor Support List [email protected] http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support
