Hi,
The new Modular Documents feature is an excellent addition, and removes a
major limitation of XXE- which just keeps getting better and better!
I have a couple of requests, though:
1. I spent a lot of time working out why XXE refused to load my existing
Docbook documents, with chapters as external entities, as "modular
documents". I got a message box saying that the document contained
"...entities that are not managed by XML Mind XML Editor...", with no hint
as to why. I eventually tracked this down to the presence of comments before
the <chapter> tags in the sub-documents. It was only later that I found the
note about "Managed and unmanaged references to external documents" in the
online Help, as this is buried in a rather obscure location ("Dialog Boxes",
"Option dialog box", "Open options").
At the very least, there should be a clear note in the "Modular Documents"
section of the User's Guide. It is common practice to put file and version
information in a comment preceding the "root" tag of a document, so this is
likely to trip many users up.
2. It would be nice to be given the choice of specifying the entity name
when creating a reference to an external document, instead of getting a
random name. Although the entities are never seen from within XXE, it would
make the document more readable in other editors (which is, after all, part
of the reason for using XML).
Thanks,
--
Rob Smith
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