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Re: formatting and branding output
Thanks, I knew that the OT did the transforms in the background, and I had found the frameworks dir, but I still wasn't sure where to begin - so this is very
Re: Xmetal 5 and Windows 7?
I believe Vista support was added in 5.5: http://forums.xmetal.com/index.php/topic,96.msg258.html#msg258 http://forums.xmetal.com/index.php/topic,108.0.html
Re: When does an index make sense?
... We started to define an index design for our browser-based document center, which contains tutorials and API descriptions. However, when looking at the
Re: Chunking and htmlhelp (CHM) output
As others have indicated in this (and many other) thread, chunking usually leaves me scratching my head. However, there's one thing I'd run into that you might
Re: Use of the chunk attribute at the Map Level
Julio; "process the child map first" ... how do you go about telling the OT to do that within a single build task (without diving into the XSLT)? Is this what
Re: Xmetal 5 and Windows 7?
I don't know the answer to your question, but you're much more likely to get a quick response over on the XMetaL Community Forums:
Re: Plus plugins--possible PEBKAC error
Hi Joe, ... I don't recall seeing that exact error before, but I'd consider the jar file suspect. It might be corrupted, perhaps when I checked it into CVS.
Plus plugins--possible PEBKAC error
I've been away from using DITA except for some simple transforms using Oxygen and wanted to explore the Plus Plugins. So, I downloaded the latest DITA-OT1.5
Xmetal 5 and Windows 7?
We are still using XMetaL 5 (it's a large company so rolling forward to Version 6 is not a priority to the guys with the purse strings). We have heard we are
Re: Creating a <mailto:> link
... You need to add scope="external" ( as you would for any reference to things that are outside of your DITA content set). You may need to also say
Re: Chunking and htmlhelp (CHM) output
Hi Chad In addition to Julio's comments, can I add a few more hints? Firstly, topichead can't contain href, so I assume that should be a topicref. If you're
Re: Using onlytopic.in.map causes an empty imagelist
Well, I don't know if it was designed this way or not, but, looking at the Java source, GenListModuleReader is indeed coded in such a way that it will always
Related links in PDF output that are not defined in the reltable
Hi, I am trying to customize the PDF2 output of DITA OT 1.5. I am working with a bookmap. The PDF output should contain a related links section in every topic
Re: When does an index make sense?
In my opinion, an index is warranted whenever the content is too extensive or complex to easily find any specific item of information by quickly scanning the
Re: Files being skipped
I kind of found out what the problem is. It has to do with the case of the file names. The ditamap map that I was processing has filenames upper case in the
Re: formatting and branding output
Hi, oXygen doesn't transform the files. The files are transformed using the integrated DITA Open Toolkit. oXygen installs the DITA OT into the Frameworks
When does an index make sense?
Hi, We started to define an index design for our browser-based document center, which contains tutorials and API descriptions. However, when looking at the
formatting and branding output
I'm working w/ Oxygen 11, so this question is more about the tool - I'm trying to figure out what the intended approach is for formatting and branding
Re: Creating a <mailto:> link
... Yes, that looks good. I'd also recommend adding scope="external" so that the build knows not to try to follow the link.
Creating a <mailto:> link
I'm not finding this in online help for DITA. How do I code DITA so that a link is a mailto link? Click to send




