Hello Hussein,
Small misunderstanding; it's not the whole screen that goes blank, just
the spot where the href value should be displayed in the topicref
element. XXE is not crashing or locking.
The root of my question is that either the "refresh" command is not
working (or is not for this context), or I am misunderstanding its
function. When run against an element with peusdo-elements such as this:
topicref:before {
content: paragraph(content(item-collapser(), " ",
attr(navtitle), " ",
drop-site(icon, icon(drop),
command, "setObject",
parameter, "href anyURI -
'%{value}'"), " "
), " "
),
topicref-format());
}
Should the command "refresh refresh[implicitElement]" force XXE to
re-layout and repaint selected topicref, including any associated
peusdo-elements? If so, am I understanding correctly that this process
should be the same process as the one used to layout and paint the
screen when the file is first opened, but run on a specific part of the
file rather than the whole file?
If so, it's puzzling, because the elements are laid out and painted
correctly when the file is opened or reopened, but using the "run
command" dialog to run the refresh command on the misbehaving topicrefs
does nothing and produces no error output in the command window. Perhaps
it is tied into the "topicref-format()" function, for which I have yet
to find documentation.
In answer to your question, yes, I am introducing some fairly minor
changes to your default map view; just moving the functions needed
closer to the user and trying prevent them from using the Attribute
pane, which just leads to trouble.
Jeff.
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From: xmleditor-support-boun...@xmlmind.com
[mailto:xmleditor-support-boun...@xmlmind.com] On Behalf Of Hussein
Shafie
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 11:45 PM
To: Jeff Hooker
Cc: 'xmleditor-support@xmlmind.com'
Subject: Re: [XXE] Refreshing the CSS generated content
On 06/20/2013 11:20 PM, Jeff Hooker wrote:
> Hello Hussein,
>
> In the CSS for my map file, I'm using the ":before" peusdo-element on
> topicrefs to display and abbreviated path to the associated resource
> (see the xpath command near the end of the reference).
>
> It works fine when the ditamap is first opened, but as soon as I
> change the href value the display goes blank and will not refresh.
This looks like an XXE crash. Please refer to this FAQ:
---
XXE seems to freeze when I do such and such action. What's going on?
---
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/faq.html#display_exception_in_console
If you find something wrong with XXE, please make sure to send us a
*usable* bug report (XXE version, easy way to reproduce the problem
using the stock XXE, etc).
How to write a usable bug report is explained here:
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/support.html#bug_report
> I've tried
> using the "refresh" command with all its variations without effect.
> What do I need to do to force XXE to reprocess/redraw the content for
> the topicref element?
>
> topicref:before[navtitle] {
>
> content: paragraph(content(item-collapser(), " ",
>
> attr(navtitle), " ",
>
> drop-site(icon, icon(drop),
>
> command, "setObject",
>
> parameter, "href anyURI -
> '%{value}'"), " ",
>
> command-button(icon,
> icon(pop-right),
>
> menu, menu("Set
> Navigation Title ", "putAttribute", "navtitle",
>
> "Select Connecting Topic",
> "putAttribute", "href",
>
> "Open Topic for Editing",
> "editTopicRefDocument", "",
>
>
>
You seem to attempt to create a rudimentary DITA map editor. If your
users really want this feature, you'd better explicitly request it from
us. We cannot promise that we'll implement it but at least, we'll be
informed that an important feature, may be a show stopper, is missing
from our product.
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