What's New in Oxygen XML Developer 22.1
May 19, 2020
Related version: 22.0
Version 22.1 of the Oxygen XML Developer brings you more productivity improvements for the JSON and HTML editing support, some of the most popular add-ons were improved and new ones made available, better search and replace functionality, and as usual, this release comes with various API additions, bug fixes, and component updates.
There are changes in:
HTML
Validate HTML Documents Using Schematron
It is now possible to validate HTML documents against a Schematron schema. Besides the default HTML
validator, Oxygen now also includes a built-in HTML Schematron Validator engine. This
can be done by specifying the Schematron in a validation scenario, using the
Validate with action (in the Validation drop-down menu
on the toolbar), or you can batch validate multiple HTML documents using the
Validate with schema contextual menu action from the
Project view.
Action to Make HTML Documents XML Well-formed
A new HTML to XML Well-formed action is available in the
contextual menu when editing HTML documents. It makes the currently edited HTML document
to be XML well-formed. This is helpful if, for example, you use XSLT stylesheets while
applying transformations on HTML documents (since the transformation will require the HTML
document to be XML well-formed).
Format and Indent HTML Elements
Support was added to format and indent the content of the current HTML element.
After the action is performed, the structure of the document will be preserved as is
(including, for example, unclosed elements or missing attribute quotes).
CSS
Emmet Plug-in Works on CSS/LESS Files
The Oxygen Emmet add-on provides high-speed coding and editing via a content
assistance mechanism. It was already supported for HTML, XSL, and XML formats, and now it
can be used also for CSS and LESS files. For details, see: Oxygen Emmet
Plugin.
JSON
Improved XSD to JSON Schema Conversion
The XSD to JSON Schema Converter tool was improved to handle better name
conversions. For example, improved naming conversions when underscores or camel-case names
are used.
JSON Improvements
Various other improvements were added for JSON support. Noteworthy items are:
- Better indentation when generating JSON content.
- The Generate Sample JSON Files action provides better support
for
date-time,time,email, andipv6formats. - JSON Schema
draft-08declarations are handled, allowing users to edit and validate them indraft-07compatibility mode.
Add-ons
Oxygen provides access to a variety of default add-ons that extend the
functionality of the application.
Generate Java Classes from XSD
Oxygen now includes a very handy tool for generating
Java classes from an XML Schema (XSD) file. The Generate Java classes
from XSD action is found in the Tools menu and it will
generate the Java class files inside a new package located in a specified output folder.
This functionality is provided as an add-on and it is installed automatically the first
time you invoke the action.
Oxygen Emmet Plugin Improvements
The Emmet Plugin is now installed automatically the first time you invoke the Emmet
action. To help make expanding the abbreviations easier, you can now use the
Ctrl+Space keyboard shortcut. Also, the Wrap with
Abbreviation action now displays an in-place field where you can type the
abbreviation.Improved Filtering Comment Mapping for Oxygen Feedback Plugin
The Feedback Comments Manager view can filter comments by
site, version, and status. This makes
it easier for you to focus on particular comments (e.g. unresolved comments, or a
particular version or site). The mapping of the comments to DITA topics was improved to
support DITA-specific features such as branch filtering and chunking.
Install on First Use for the Git Client
The Git Client plugin now offers the Git
Staging view that acts as a basic Git client integrated directly into
Oxygen. It provides support for committing changes to a Git repository, comparing and
merging changes, and other Git-specific commands. This view is now listed in the
Window > Show View menu and the Tools menu even when
the Git Client add-on is not installed, making it easier to perform the
installation, as that is triggered automatically when one of these actions is
invoked.
Install on First Use for the Batch Document Converter
The Batch Converter add-on contributes numerous actions in a Batch
Converter submenu located in the Tools menu and the contextual
menu of resources in the Project view. These actions allow for batch
conversions between various formats (MS Word, MS Excel, HTML, JSON, and Markdown documents
to DITA, DocBook, XHTML, or XML). If the add-on is not already installed, selecting
Batch Converter will trigger the installation process for this
plugin.
XSpec Add-on Updated to Support XSpec Version 1.6.0
The XSpec add-on was updated to include XSpec version 1.6.0, which is the same
version that is now bundled with Oxygen.
Saxon Transformer Add-on for Saxon 10.0
The Saxon
transformer add-on now supports Saxon version 10.0.
Other
Movable Results View
The Results view that displays messages generated from various
operations like validations, transformations, or search can now be moved to your desired
UI location alongside other side views and you can also set it to be hidden automatically
when not focused.
Validation Status Details
When a validation operation is processed, information about the validation scenario is displayed in the stripe at the very
bottom of the application. If you hover over the information, a tooltip is presented with
even more information. You can also click the More details button to open
the Information view where further details about the validation are
displayed.
Locate Find/Replace in Files Matches in the Author Visual Editing Mode
The Find/Replace in Files dialog box now has a new option
(Always open selected results in Text mode):
- If unselected (the default state), double-clicking the resulted matches will open the documents in whatever editing mode is specified as the default for that document type. For example, DITA documents will open by default in Author mode.
- If selected, double-clicking the resulted matches will always open the documents in Text mode (even if the particular document type is set to open in Author mode by default).
Ignore Extra Whitespaces Option Added to the Find/Replace Dialog Box
The Ignore extra whitespaces option was added in the
Find/Replace dialog box. It is helpful when searching for
space-separated words because enabling this option means that line-breaks and indentation
between words will not affect the results.
Hide Editor Tabs
If you want full focus on the current file, or during some presentations, you
may find it useful that now it is possible to hide all the file tabs to only display the
currently open file. This does not close the other tabs, just hides them. You can still
navigate between tabs using keyboard shortcuts (
Ctrl+Tab,
Ctrl+Shift+Tab, Ctrl+F6,
Ctrl+Shift+F6).New Option to Specify an External Application for Editing MathML
A new option was added in the MathML preferences page where
you can specify an external MathML application for editing MathML equations. For example,
the following command could be used to edit MathML equations with a Libre Office
application in Windows:
"C:\Program Files\LibreOffice 5\program\smath.exe"
"${cf}".
API
Get Names of Pseudo-Classes Set for an Element
The
AuthorElement.getPseudoClassNames() method was added and it
can be used to retrieve the names of the pseudo-classes set on an element.Customize Link Tooltip Text in Author Mode
The
ExtensionsBundle.customizeLinkTooltipDescription() method was
added and it can be used to customize the tooltip description that is displayed when
hovering over a link in the Author editing mode.Load XML Content and Use the Author API to Make Changes
The
PluginWorkspace.createAuthorDocumentProvider(URL, Reader) API
can be used to create a provider for a given resource specified by a URL and/or Reader.
The provider creates a structure of AuthorNodes and allows it to be
manipulated via an AuthorDocumentController interface. This API is useful
if, for example, you want to load XML content and use the Author API to make changes to
it.Run Validation Scenarios from Custom Author Actions
Two new APIs were added that can be used to run validation scenarios in
particular situations. The
ExecuteValidationScenariosOperation API can be used to run a
validation scenario on an Author Action file, while the ValidationScenarioInvoker API can be used to run a validation
scenario from a plugin or framework customization.Contribute Code Templates for Fast Structure Insertions
A new
WSTextEditorPage.addExternalContentCompletionProvide API can
be used to display additional code template proposals in the content completion
assistant.Change the Tooltips for Filters in the File Comparison Merge Tool
A new
DiffAndMergeTools.openMergeApplication API can be used to
control the text presented in a tooltip when you hover over the filtering options in the
file comparison merge tool. Component Updates
DITA Open Toolkit 3.4.1
The DITA Open Toolkit version bundled with Oxygen was updated to
3.4.1.
DITA Open Toolkit Plugin for DITA-to-Word 1.4.0
The DITA Open Toolkit plugin for DITA-to-Word conversions was updated to
version 1.4.0.
Saxon 9.9.1.7
Updated the Saxon library that is distributed with Oxygen to version
9.9.1.7.
Xerces 2.12.1
Updated the Apache Xerces library to version 2.12.1.
Everit 1.12.1
The Everit library was updated to version 1.12.1.
MarkLogic 10
Oxygen has been tested and is officially compatible with the MarkLogic 10
server.
TEI Schemas 4.0.0 and TEI Stylesheets 7.49
Updated the bundled TEI schemas to version 4.0.0 and the TEI stylesheets to
version 7.49.
focheck 0.7.6
The bundled focheck framework that is used for enhanced XSL-FO
validation was updated to version 0.7.6.
Log4j 2.13
Updated the log4j library to version 2.13.
Rhino 1.7.12
The Rhino library was updated to version 1.7.12.
Eclipse 4.15
Updated the Eclipse plugin to support version 4.15. Note that starting with
Oxygen version 23, Eclipse versions earlier than 4.4 will no longer be
supported.
XSpec 1.6.0
Updated the XSpec library to version 1.6.