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What's New in Oxygen XML Author 20.0

March 16, 2018

Related version: 20.1    

Version 20.0 of the Oxygen XML Author brings you a variety of new features and improvements that focus on productivity, performance, efficiency, and simplicity to enhance your XML authoring experience.

This major release includes productivity improvements for DITA, a new publishing template package feature for customizing WebHelp Responsive output, more add-ons to extend Oxygen's functionality, as well as numerous enhancements for Oxygen PDF Chemistry.

As usual, this version also contains numerous new API entry points or extensions, component updates, and more.

There are changes in:

DITA
Add-ons
WebHelp Responsive Publishing
Other
API
Component Updates
Oxygen PDF Chemistry

DITA

Report Unreferenced Key Definitions

You can now select an option in the DITA Map Validate and Check for Completeness dialog box to report key definitions that are not referenced.
Report Unreferenced Key Definitions

Report Unreferenced Reusable Elements

You can now select an option in the DITA Map Validate and Check for Completeness to report potential reusable elements that are not referenced anywhere in the context map. These are elements that have an ID attribute and are defined in topics marked as resource only, or in topics where other elements are reused.

Convert DITA Sections to Topics

A new XML refactoring operation was added that extracts sections inside DITA topics to external topics. If the action is invoked from the DITA Maps manager, then the current map will be updated to include references to the newly generated topics.
Convert DITA Sections to Topics

Rename Keys

A new DITA-specific XML refactoring action has been added that provides the ability to easily rename keys. This action does not currently support DITA 1.3 key scopes.

Convert CALS Tables to Simple Tables

A new XML refactoring operation was added that converts DITA CALS tables to DITA simple tables. The conversion assumes that the CALS tables have no spans.
Convert CALS Tables to Simple Tables

DITA-OT 1.8 No Longer Supported

The old DITA-OT version 1.8 is no longer bundled in the Oxygen installation kits. If needed, it can be downloaded and used as an external DITA-OT processor.

Provide External DITA-OT Distribution as an Add-on

A plugin extension was added to contribute additional DITA Open Toolkit distributions to the OxygenDITA preferences page.

Accessibility Support Added to DITA Map to PDF WYSIWYG Transformation

Accessibility support was added to PDF output generated by the DITA Map to PDF WYSIWYG Transformation Scenario. For example, most of the paragraphs, tables, lists, headers, and footers are tagged automatically so a PDF reader can use this information to present the content to the visually impaired.

Add-ons

To offer the benefit of more rapid release cycles, some new functionality was added using the Add-ons support. A variety of plugins were made available on the default add-ons update site.

Git Support Add-on

A new add-on is available that contributes a Git Staging view in Oxygen. It provides a built-in Git client and includes various actions that perform common Git commands, such as push, pull, change branch, commit, and more. It also uses Oxygen's built-in diff tool for comparing and merging changes. For more information, please visit: https://github.com/oxygenxml/oxygen-git-plugin
Git Support Add-on

Batch Converter Add-on

A new batch converter add-on is now available that contributes actions in the Tools menu and in the contextual menu of the Project view to enable batch conversion between various formats (for example, convert from Markdown or HTML to XHTML, DITA, or DocBook). For more information, please visit: https://github.com/oxygenxml/oxygen-resources-converter

DocBook Validation Add-on

A new add-on is available that contributes a Check DocBook for Completeness action on the toolbar and in the DocBook editor contextual menu. This action opens a dialog box that offers various validation options for running a completeness check on the current DocBook document. For more information, visit: https://github.com/oxygenxml/oxygen-docbook-validate-check-completeness

Translation Package Builder Add-on

A new add-on is available that contributes a Translation Package Builder submenu in the contextual menu of the DITA Maps Manager. This submenu includes actions to generate a ZIP package of modified files that can be sent to translators, as well as an action to extract translated files back into your DITA project. For more information, visit: https://github.com/oxygenxml/oxygen-dita-translation-package-builder

DITA Prolog Updater Add-on

A new add-on is available that contributes a preferences page (Options > Preferences > Plugins > DITA Prolog Updater) that includes various options for updating the prolog section of a DITA topic or map. For more information, visit: https://github.com/oxygenxml/oxygen-dita-prolog-updater

WebHelp Responsive Publishing

Publishing Templates

Oxygen version 20 introduces the Oxygen Publishing Templates. They define all aspects of the look and feel (layout and styles) of the WebHelp Responsive output. These templates represent a customization package that you can easily share with your team. It is designed as a self-contained package stored either as a ZIP archive or as a folder on disk.

Built-in Publishing Templates Gallery

Oxygen comes with a built-in publishing templates gallery, available in the Templates tab in WebHelp Responsive transformation scenarios. You can easily find the template you want by using the filtering options and the template preview images.

User Defined Publishing Templates Galleries

If you define multiple Publishing Templates then you can organize them into a gallery, a folder containing multiple publishing templates, to easily share them with others. The WebHelp Responsive transformation scenarios now include a Configure Publishing Templates Gallery option in the Templates tab allowing you to specify directories where your custom templates are stored. The templates stored in these additional directories will appear in the preview pane.

Topic Table of Contents Component

A table of contents component displaying links to each section within the current topic can now be included in the topic page. The section corresponding to the current scroll position is highlighted. You can use the webhelp.show.topic.toc parameter to specify whether or not this table of contents component will be visible.

Highlight Image Map Hotspots

Image map hotspots are highlighted when you move the mouse over the image.

Improved Default Layout

The default layout of the WebHelp Responsive output was improved to make it easier to browse your documentation. The main publication table of contents component was moved to the left side and you can use it to find specific topics and then the new topic TOC component that appears on the right side of each topic page helps you to navigate through the major sections of that topic.

Expand/Collapse Sections

A new Expand/Collapse Sections button was added to the navigation actions and it allows you to easily expand or collapse all the topic sections.

Control the Initial State of Collapsible Elements

A new parameter was added to set the initial state of the collapsible elements. The parameter name is webhelp.topic.collapsible.elements.initial.state and its possible values are: collapsed or expanded (default value).

Display Images

For the responsive images that are displayed with a smaller dimension than its original size, you can click the image to enlarge it in a popup window.

Responsive Videos

If you have embedded videos in WebHelp Responsive output, they are now resized automatically according to the size of the browser.

Other

Editor Variables that Point to a Plugin Folder

Every Oxygen plugin includes a unique ID it its plugin.xml file. Two new editor variables (${pluginDirURL(pluginID)} and ${pluginDir(pluginID)}) are now available that are resolved to the folder that contains the plugin.xml file, providing a URL or a file path, respectively.

Duplicate Lines in Text Mode

New shortcuts were added that duplicate selected lines (or the current line) and inserts the duplicate content above or below the current selection/line. On Windows/Linux, Ctrl + Shift + ↑ duplicates the selection/line upward, while Ctrl + Shift + ↓ duplicates downward. On Mac OS X, the shortcuts are Alt + Shift + ↑ and Alt + Shift + ↓, respectively.

Added Content Completion and Syntax Highlighting for the ISO Schematron documents Attributes

For the Schematron pattern element, in the value of the documents attribute, the content completion list now offers proposals for functions, variables, and XPath expressions. Also added support for XPath syntax highlighting in the documents attribute.

Copy Description Text from the Results Panel

In the contextual menu of the Results panel, there is now a new action that copies the description text of the selected items. For example, this can be used to copy the results of an XPath search operation.

API

Set a Status Message and Color

Added a new API method: WorkspaceUtilities.showStatusMessage(String, OperationStatus). It can be used to set a message and its color in the Oxygen status bar.

Set and Get Multiple String Values for an Option

Added two new API methods: WSOptionsStorage.getStringArrayOption(String, String[]) and WSOptionsStorage.setStringArrayOption(String, String[]). They can be used to set and retrieve multiple string values for an option.

Text Field with Undo Support

Added the ro.sync.exml.workspace.api.standalone.ui.TextField API component that has undo support and a contextual menu with editing actions.

Customize the Project View

Added an API method: addRendererCustomizer(ProjectRendererCustomizer) for the ProjectController API that allows you to customize the Project view (for example, you can provide specific tooltips or icons).

Contribute External XProc Engine

A new plugin extension type called AdditionalXProcEngine can be used to contribute a folder that contains an external XProc engine. After installing the plugin, when you run an XProc transformation scenario, your external XProc engine can be selected from the Processor drop-down menu.

Translate the Interface into a New Language

A plugin extension was added to the Oxygen SDK that allows you to localize the Oxygen interface into a new language and you can select that language from the Global preferences page.

Component Updates

Saxon 9.8.0.8

Updated the built-in Saxon engine to its current latest version, Saxon 9.8.0.8.

Saxon 9.7 Transformer Available as External Add-on

The previous version of Saxon, 9.7 can be used as an external transformer, an add-on based on version 9.7.0.21 is available.

focheck 0.6.1

The bundled focheck framework (https://github.com/AntennaHouse/focheck) developed by Antenna House, Inc and used in Oxygen to offer enhanced XSL-FO validation, was updated to version 0.6.1.

DITA-OT 2.5.4

Updated DITA-OT to the latest 2.x version, DITA-OT 2.5.4.

Lightweight DITA

Updated the Lightweight DITA framework to support the latest available DTDs made available in the public review draft from February 13, 2018. Note that Lightweight DITA support is experimental and its status is work in progress.

Calabash 1.1.19

Updated the Calabash engine to version 1.1.19, which is compatible with Saxon 9.8.

XSpec 1.0.0

Updated XSpec to the latest version, XSpec 1.0.0.

TEI Schemas 3.3.0

Updated the bundled TEI schemas to version 3.3.0.

TEI XSLT 7.44.0

Updated the bundled TEI XSLTs to version 7.44.0.

W3C CSS Validator

Updated the W3C CSS validator to support the latest CSS 3 properties.

eXist 4.0

Updated Oxygen to work with eXist 4.0.

Oxygen PDF Chemistry

New CSS Extension Properties to Control Page Sequence Placement

Two new CSS extension properties were added (-oxy-initial-page-number, -oxy-force-page-count). For instance, these allow you to specify whether chapters should start (or end) at odd or even pages, and additional blank pages will be added if needed.

Added -oxy-page-group CSS Extension Property for Forcing Page Sequence Breaks

Chemistry now fully implements the W3C specification regarding the page sequence breaks between elements that have different page names. Elements in a sequence that use the same page name are left in the same page sequence (group). If you need to change this behavior (i.e. to create a new sequence for each element even if it has the same page as the one before it), you can use the -oxy-page-group : start CSS extension property.

Support for PDF Named Destinations

Chemistry now supports named destinations, providing a way to link to a particular anchor within a PDF document. For any element with an ID attribute, you can create a link to its PDF location using '#id' as an anchor into the PDF URL. For example: http://example.com/sample.pdf#introduction.

Support for transform CSS Property

Chemistry supports the transform CSS property for page margin boxes. This is helpful for creating vertical text around the page.

Enhanced Hyphenation Properties

Hyphenation properties can now be applied also to inline elements.

Aggressive Hyphenation

When hyphenation is enabled, Chemistry adds hyphenation breaking points after underscores, dots, and before case changes, in addition to the ones driven by dictionaries. This is useful when your publication contains snippets of code (Java, etc).

Additional Hyphenation CSS Extension Properties

Some hyphenation CSS extension properties were added (-oxy-hyphenation-character, -oxy-hyphenation-push-character-count, -oxy-hyphenation-remain-character-count). These allow you to control the number of characters remaining before or after the break position as well as the hyphenation symbol.

Support for overflow-wrap CSS Property

Chemistry now supports the overflow-wrap:break-word CSS property.

Compact Large Tables

You now have the possibility to use hyphenation in tables when the layout is set to automatic. This is helpful for compacting large tables that bleed out of the page space.

Table Column Styling Improvements

The properties set on a column element (with display:table-column) are applied to the cells from the corresponding column.

Support for font-variant CSS Property

Chemistry now supports the font-variant:small-caps CSS property.

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