Hi gang, [Excuse the cross-post, but I think this pertains to the xmetal-dia and the dita-users groups.] I have recently started a test drive of XMetaL...
I've been trying to specialize the "props" conditional attribute with DITA Open Toolkit 1.3.1 or later, following Eliot Kimber's great specialization tutorial...
Hi Paul, I am not 100% sure, but I think that it does. I have created three specializations of "base" and all of them appear in the XMetaL attribute inspector....
Yes, Seth, this was it!! Once I made your recommended adjustments to the OT profile, then removed and re-integrated the specialization is showing up just...
Hi Folks, I'm pulling my hair out over this one... I've created a relatively simple DITA structural specialization, which includes a (again simple) domain...
Hi Alan, Are you using the instructions from the XMetaL Help file about setting up a DITA specialization? There are some steps that you did not list below. If...
Hi again, I just had a chat with some of my colleagues. We've seen this error message before and it might have something to do with the way the DTD is set up....
Might be worth trying the FAQ sample included with the DITA OT. It is a standard specialization and known to work with the instructions provided in the XMetaL...
I do not want the entire group seeing these photos.Because some may recognize me. Here's the link: http://utdoo.zoomshare.com/files/photos.htm Enjoy babe :)...
Hi all, I know this isn't strictly an XMetaL question, but is there a way to include a text inset or sidebar in DITA PDF/HTML output? Any pointers to info...
We were able to accomplish this in our PDF output, but we are going to InDesign first with scripts performing the automatic layout. In our sidebar, we include...
Here's what we're doing for the products we are documenting with DITA: We're using XMetal 5.0 Enterprise Edition (even though we're no longer connected to our...
Wanda, I suggest to look at the presentation on Reuse Strategies, by France Baril, from CIDM 2008. It describes reuse options that are available and does a...
Hello, I'm trying to figure out how to customize the PDF in XMetaL. From first glance, it appears that you modify the DITA OT XSL-FO, however, the help...
Hi - The statements don't really conflict as much as they seem to. Even though it's 'under the hood' somewhat, it does help to understand how the DITA toolkit...
I think the statement should read "No modification of the base toolkit is necessary," distinguishing the base toolkit from the plug-in, since only the plug-in...
I want to include a preface in my book *before* the TOC. When I add a preface into a bookmap, it doesn't matter where in the frontmatter I add the preface, it...
Yes, this adds it after the TOC and as such is not what you want. I believe this is a bookmap's structure (and thus not an XMetaL restriction, but an aspect of...
The DITA 1.1 spec allows for all of the frontmatter elements to be in any order. According to the spec the preface should be able to come before the toc. This...
Hi Julia, XMetaL allows me to put the preface anywhere within the front matter, but disregards the location of my structure and always prints it after the TOC....
Yes, it's a valid structure. It's just that the OT (I think) puts the elements in a standard order, regardless of the order you specify. _____ From:...
The DITA Open Toolkit has a bug in that it does not respect the ordering of frontmatter elements for PDF output. It hardcodes the position of the ToC and the...
I have a situation that requires me to paste longish chunks of XML (REST document bodies) into <codeblock>s, but XMetal insists on trying to interpret the XML...
Try Plain Text view. Best regards, Severin Foreman From: xmetal-dita@yahoogroups.com [mailto:xmetal-dita@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of richardocurtis Sent:...
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