Dear Mr. Shafie 

Thank you very much for your immediate and detailed help! 
If in the future I have another question, I will send it to the support
mailing list.

Kindest regards
Thomas Dumm


> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Hussein Shafie [mailto:hussein at xmlmind.com] 
> Gesendet: Montag, 5. Mai 2008 11:39
> An: Thomas Dumm
> Cc: xmleditor-support at xmlmind.com
> Betreff: Re: 5 Questios
> 
> Thomas Dumm wrote:
> >  
> > 1) On individual words marked with 'xml:lang, the spellchecker does 
> > not "see" the dictionary, because the xml:lang attributes 
> that we use 
> > in our dtd are defined as: <!ENTITY % attribute.lang 
> 'xml:lang (none | 
> > deu | deu-CH | eng-GB | eng-US | fra | ita | spa) #IMPLIED '> The 
> > default dictionary works fine as I can set  defaultLanguage="de". I 
> > have also set the languageAttribute="xml:lang". But I see 
> that you use 
> > two letter abbreviations for the language code e.g. "en-GB" and not 
> > like we "eng-GB". Do I have to generate a new dictionary 
> with just the 
> > language code altered? Or is there a simpler way? Is there a file 
> > where I can specify the language code - dictionary relation?
> 
> The value of xml:lang is expected to be a two-letter ISO 
> language code (to make it simple). That is, "en" and not 
> "eng". The best way to fix you problem is to change your DTD.
> 
> If you cannot change your DTD, then you are somewhat stuck, 
> and need to fallback to desperate things such as modifying 
> the dictionaries (see 
> http://www.xmlmind.com/dictbuilder.shtml). Well, I think. Not 
> 100% sure.
> 
> 
> 
> > 2) If I use a few special fonts in the css-file ( font-family: 
> > "Symbol";
> > font-family: "Wingdings"; font-family: "ZapfDingbats";) the 
> Characters 
> > are not displayed properly.  What are the requirements to 
> the fonts? I 
> > wrote the text "abcABC" and then I marked the text with the element 
> > <font Type="01">, which resulted in square-Symbols instead of the 
> > Greek symbols (Type="01" is the symbol font).
> 
> Properly styling an element such as
> ---
> <font family="My Strange Glyphs">abcABC</font>
> ---
> is absolutely not supported by XMLmind XML Editor.
> 
> XMLmind XML Editor just supports the serif, sans-serif or 
> monospace logical fonts.
> 
> These logical fonts have *all* the characters you need: 
> symbols, dingbats, greek, etc. Just make sure to input the 
> right Unicode character.
> 
> See 
> http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/csssupport/restr
> ict.html :
> ``font-family is expected to contain serif, sans-serif or monospace. 
> Example: "font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;".
> 
> However a few well-known font families are mapped to the 
> corresponding generic font families. Example: "font-family: 
> verdana;" is understood to be sans-serif.
> 
> All other cases will cause the serif font family to be used. Example: 
> "font-family: 'Nimbus Sans';".''
> 
> 
> 
> > 3) Is there a way to also translate the elements an their 
> attributes 
> > of the dtd, such that the translated name shows up in the edit and 
> > attributes pane? This would be of great help, especially for the 
> > non-speaking attribute values like <font Type="01">. For 
> this I would 
> > like to see "Schrift" and "Symbol". Probably not possible, 
> but just to 
> > be sure, that I did not miss anything in then documentation.
> 
> No, this is not possible.
> 
> 
> 
> > 4) Is there a way to edit several CALS-Table-Cells at the 
> same time, 
> > by marking them an then using editAttributes? I did not succeed.
> 
> No, this is not possible. Note that all commands requiring 
> you to specify an argument are repeatable using Ctrl-A (Edit|Repeat).
> 
> When a command is not repeatable or when you want to repeat a 
> sequence of commands, please record a macro using Esc 
> m,...commands...,Esc m (the Attribute tool, like all tools, 
> is record-macro-aware), then replay the macro using Esc p.
> 
> See
> http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/toolsMenu.h
tml#recordMacroMenu
> 
> 
> 
> > 5) Do you have a template/macro, that can be used to insert 
> a thead in a 
> > tgroup with the right number of entry-Elements? I only 
> manage to insert 
> > thead/row/entry. I tried also by inserting into thead a copy of an 
> > existing row of tbody, which would contain the right numer od entry 
> > elements, but I did not succeed.
> >  
> 
> No, there is no such command. However you can define a number 
> of element 
> templates for the tables you use most.
> 
> This is done very easily by [1] creating the right table, [2] 
> selecting 
> it, [3] Using "Options|Customize Configuration|Save Selected 
> Element As 
> Template". See 
> http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/optionsMenu
.html#customizeConfigurationMenu
> 
> Element templates are given a name. They are listed like this in the 
> Edit tool: "informaltable(my_favorite_one)", where the element is 
> "informaltable" and  "my_favorite_one" is the name of the template.
> 
> Note that what works for tables, works for any element, 
> including just 
> the thead of a tgroup.
> 
> ---
> PS: I've rerouted your questions and these answers to the xmleditor 
> support mailing list because your questions are of general interest.
> 


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