On 1/1/21 11:20 PM, Leif Halvard Silli wrote:
The 'Install add-ons' settings givs us 3 options:
1) Install in user directory
2) Install in specific 'addon' directory inside the 'XXE installation
directory'
3) Installation directory depends on the addon
For the time being, I have been uisng option 2).
But depsite this setting, the XHTM5L.xsd file was place inside a child
'config' folder of the 'addon' folder. I said 'despite', but I do not
find this any strange at all - after all, the 'config' folder is child
of the 'addon' folder, and thus I found this to not contradict the
settings.
Now, as I worked with the XHTML5.xsd file, I performed a uninstallation
of the XHTML addon. Then I of course reinstalled the XHTML addon again.
I needed to reset the XSD file.
No need to uninstall and then reinstall the XHTML add-on when you modify
the XHTML5.xsd file found inside this add-on.
Suffice to clear the schema cache (or to disable it) using
"Options|Preferences", "Advanced|Cached data" section, "Schema cache
size", "Clear" button. See screenshot. See
http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/advancedOptions.html#cacheOptions
I expected that the XHTML addon would be installed into the 'config'
folder. However, to my surprise, I noticed that it was placed directly
into the 'addon' folder. Given that 'config' folder is child of
'addon', I did not link the change of location to my choice of option 2)
as the add-on installation location. It also did not seem to cause any
problems, so I did not care very much.
BUt then I switched to another MacOS user account on my computer, and
opemned XXE inside that other user account. And now I got an error
message from XXE which told that there something wrong with the XHTML
adon. In fact, the XHTML mode did not work, when inside other user account.
The instance of XXE run by the other MacOS user account still expected
the XHTML add-on to be found in XXE_install_dir/addon/config/.
I mean, a lot of info, configurations, schemas, etc, are cached by XXE
in XXE_user_preferences_dir/cache/ and XXE_user_preferences_dir/ is
specific to the user account.
So in general, clicking all "Clear" buttons in "Options|Preferences",
"Advanced|Cached data" section (or simpler, manually deleting
XXE_user_preferences_dir/cache/ before restarting XXE) solves this kind
of problem.
On the Mac:
- XXE_install_dir/ is XMLmind.app/Contents/Resources/xxe/
- XXE_user_preferences_dir/ is $HOME/Library/Application
Support/XMLmind/XMLEditor9/
I switched back to the current MacOS user account. And in order to
investigate more, I chose to deinstall and reinstall the various DocBook
addons and the DITA addons, just to see if their instasllation location
was affected as well. I also deinstalled and reinstalled the 'DocBook
fauthoring package'. And sure enough, everything went directly inside
the 'addon' folder.
In addition, I got an error message from the 'DocBook fauthoring
package' saying that it did not find the DocBook addon(s) inside the
expected place, namely, inside the 'config' folder.
Conclusion: This seems to me like a bug. With regard to DocBook, then
either there is a bug in the DocBook fauthoring package, or there is a
bug in the 'Install add-ons' when it comes to option 2). Given the fact
that option 2) also gives problems for XHTML (ann probably for DITA as
well) when opening XXE in another user account on the same computer, I
tend to think that the bug related to option 2) of the 'Install add-ons'
setting.
Workaround: To solve my problem, I have switched to option 3)
Installation directory depends on the addon.
Not sure about this workaround.
After all what you did, I would recommend to completely uninstall *all*
your copies of XXE and manually delete *all* your
XXE_user_preferences_dir/ (one for each user account; after backing up
your customizations of course) to restore a fresh, clean, state.
Yes, "Install add-ons" has known shortcomings (AKA bugs), especially
when dealing with stock configurations like XHTML, DocBook, DITA (and
also when dealing with user permissions on some operating systems).
Yes, XXE data caching is a source of a lot of caveats and pitfalls when
you are trying to customize XXE.
However, we do not plan to fix these shortcomings. Rationale: not sure
about how we could dot this, a lot of work, very few use cases like
yours. Sorry!
(May be we'll "rehash" the whole concept of add-ons for XXE v10.)
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