Pavel Škopík wrote: > I like the link tool and use it quite a lot. I would like to suggest a few > possible enhancements. I will demonstrate them on DocBook and on the way I > use it. Of course I understand this may rather be subjective and may not > apply generally. > > > > *Allow to select default link type. > > For now the link element is automatically selected. However in 90% of cases I > rather use the xref element. As our documentation is created and managed > usually on the section level I have to choose the link type for each document > opened. This suggestion also comes from the general assumption that authors > usually use uniform linkage style. So they for example use the xref element > more often then the link or olink elements. This might also apply in case I > want to create lots of olinks at once. So I set default link type and thus > omit choosing the link type explicity for each document opened. > > > > *Allow to implicitly offer id values from referenced document if it is opened > in XXE. > > Let's suppose I have two files opened in XXE: book.xml and chapter.xml. > chapter.xml is included in the book.xml. In the chapter.xml file I want to > create a link pointing to an id in the book.xml file. First I have to add the > book.xml as the link context. It would be great if ids from the referenced > document which is opened in XXE could be retrieved automatically without > having to specify the file as the link context. >
*Both* enhancements will be available in next release: Excerpts of changes.html --- Improved the usability of the Link tool: * The Link tool now remembers the last selected link type for a given document type. For example, if you prefer to create xref links (rather than link or olink links) in your DocBook 4 documents, the Link tool will remember that and will automatically select xref when you'll open a DocBook 4 document. This preference is remembered across editing sessions. * When you open a document, the Link tool will automatically select the last added link context which references the opened document. For example, if you open DITA topic topic1.dita and select mymap.ditamap as its link context, opening topic2.dita belonging to the same map will automatically cause the Link tool to select mymap.ditamap as the link context of topic2.dita. This preference is *not* remembered across editing sessions. --- -- XMLmind XML Editor Support List [email protected] http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support
