On 06/30/2011 12:48 AM, Robert Ramey wrote: > I'm experimenting with XMLMind personal edition it looks good to me. > However I have a few questions: > > a) is it possible for one to add his own list of tags/attributes to a given > template/configuration. For example, I work with the boost libraries which > use DocBook with some extra tags/attributes.
XMLmind XML Editor being driven by the DTD/XSD schema/RELAX NG schema, the only way to do this is to use a customized/specialized DocBook document type. > This xml file is passed > through their own docbook.xsl style sheet prior to being sent on to some > final formatter. I would like to be able to edit these files with XMLMind. > But it seems that I can't insert or edit an arbitray tag - that is a tag > which is not recognized already. XMLmind XML Editor is a strictly validating XML editor, which means that the user cannot perform any kind of editing operation which would make the document invalid. The elements/attributes you are trying to insert are not defined in the standard DocBook schema, therefore there is no way to use them in XMLmind XML Editor. > Maybe the real question is: is XMLMind a > docbook editor or a general purpose XML editor - or both? XMLmind XML Editor is definitely a general purpose XML editor. All our stock configurations (DocBook, DITA, XHTML) could have been developed by third-party developers and then packaged as easy to install add-ons. Creating a configuration for a custom document type or customizing an existing configuration is explained in: XMLmind XML Editor - Configuration and Deployment http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/configure/index.html However, this kind of task is not intended to be performed by the end-user (that is, the technical writer). It's not that difficult, but it requires you to read and understand loads of very boring documentation: Documentation for the XML consultant http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/documentation.shtml > > b) To you have a newsgroup or bulletin board for posting questions such as > this and recording answers so that one can look to see if any particular > question has already been asked an answered? > We don't have a newsgroup or bulletin board. You need to use this [email protected] mailing list. Please search its contents by using the search box found at the top/left of all http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/ pages or use the services of http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ I'm afraid you'll not find a lot of ``recipes'' in this mailing-list. We recommend to take the time reading our documentation and also, from time to time, take a look at our stock configurations found in XXE_install_dir/addon/config/*/. -- XMLmind XML Editor Support List [email protected] http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support
