Thanks for the pointer to the schema case. Next time I will use it. Right now, things seems to work.
Leif Halvard Silli 2. jan. 2021 18:44:07 Hussein Shafie <huss...@xmlmind.com>: > 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.) -- XMLmind XML Editor Support List xmleditor-support@xmlmind.com http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support
