On 6/10/24 16:59, John L. Clark wrote:
I have been editing XML documents that contain a combination of "Invalid
Reference" validity errors and "Semantic Error" validity errors. If a
document contains both types of error, the validity state[0] displays
the minor validity error icon. (My guess is that the priority of the
icon follows the chart on that page, with later entries having higher
priority.)
Yes. "Semantic Warning" and "Semantic Error" are currently considered to
be less severe than validity errors of any kind, including the very
common "Invalid Reference" validity errors.
As the validity state documentation mentions, though, the
"Invalid Reference" error "is very common so you should not be alarmed
by this situation", and, indeed, I actually expect this error in these
documents because each document is being XIncluded into a larger
document where the cross-references then resolve.
That's correct.
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Note that opening the "master document" xincluding the part you are
editing will automatically cause these "false" "Invalid Reference" to
disappear. See "Use as Master Document" in
https://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/toolsMenu.html
See also tutorial "Working with master documents",
https://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_tutorial/master_doc/index.html
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This means, though, that in this situation I don't get clear feedback
when the document also contains a "Semantic Error" validity error, which
for me is actually a more severe error than the "Invalid Reference"
validity error. These errors are included in the full list in the
validity tool, but they can easily get lost in a long list of "Invalid
Reference" validity errors, and if they are an odd-numbered error in the
list, they have a background color of white,
which blends into the light
yellow of the surrounding "Invalid Reference" validity errors.
It's a very light yellow. See attached screenshot. Nevertheless we
understand your point.
So, my request: is there a way for me to configure the priority of
errors that are displayed by the validity state notifier?
Sorry, no.
(Or does it
make sense to hard-code the priority of "Semantic Error" validity errors
to be just above "Invalid Reference" validity errors?) And also, is
there a way to make "Semantic Error" validity errors stand out more in
the validity tool? Could the list of errors somehow also include the
icon of the error that is displayed by the validity state notifier?
Understood.
[0]
<https://xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/checkValidityTool.html
<https://xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/checkValidityTool.html>>
We'll try to improve the usability of the Validity tool in next version
of XXE. However it's too late to do that in XXE v10.8 as we should
release this version in the next few days.
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