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. >