DITA Storm browser-based DITA XML Editor
by Inmedius Inc.
 

Build and Release Notes

Description: List of recently released DITA Storm versions with open defects and suggested enhancements.

v2.0 RC12

  • DITA Storm is now featuring context-sensitive Insert menu (which can be opened with familiar Ctrl+Space combination with convenient as-you-type element filtering.
  • Cursor handling logic have been updated

  • Resource compiler is now included into editor distribution package
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v2.0 RC11

  • Editor now features ability to go directly to the DITA element specification page by clicking 'Element Help' on the popup menu or from element properties window.
  • More generic 'Enter' key handling introduced. See Basic Editing section for details.
  • Introduced ability to quickly exit current element buy pressing Ctrl+Enter or Esc.
  • Typing in topic body now automatically create a paragraph (user error message removed).
  • Number of minor defects fixed.
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v2.0 RC10

  • Undo operation implemented, you can use corresponded button on the toolbar, Ctrl+Z or equivalent.
  • "Print" button is now available on the toolbar
  • Activated image is now gets outlined
  • Number of selection handling enhancements
  • Delete/backspace handling improvements
  • DITA XML element and XSL customization documentation is now available on the site.
  • Number of usability issues and defects have been fixed.
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v2.0 RC9

  • DITA Reference support has been added.
  • Introduced ability to retrieve indentation-formatted XML. See JavaScript API section for details. This option will be enabled by default on Free Online Editor.

  • Implemented prolog/metadata//* DITA elements
  • Two new editing modes have been introduced 'Outline' and 'XML'. Outline represents DITA as a XML node tree. XML mode enables plain-text editing of DITA content.

  • Number of usability issues and defects have been fixed.
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v2.0 RC8

  • DTD location in DOCTYPE can now be set from toolbar
  • Fixed: Element 'source' in 'prolog' does not get inserted properly
  • Empty Element Marker handling has been revisited. Element active no longer collapses if it looses the cursor.
  • Fixed: Firefox 'Paste from OS Clipboard' dialog does not respect window scrolling position.
  • Element 'injection' algorithm has been updated. Inserting 'section' into 'note' (with note splitting) and similar operations are more relevant now.
  • Fixed: Incorrect behavior of 'Del' key. In some cases it merges following element in as oppose to working with ones available in the element body.
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v2.0 RC7

  • Fixed some of the Home/End/Up/Down key issues.
  • Added and documented 'content modified' indicator. JavaScript interface is now available.
  • Added locktitle attribute to 'topicref'.
  • Exposed 'ditastorm.conref' extension point to allow for custom conref/href lookup functionality.
  • Published JavaScript API and Customization section.
  • Updated 'topicref' XSL template to indicate status of the topicref item.
  • Fixed: Shift+Up/Down selection does not select text correctly if positioned inside the table.
  • Fixed: Property window looses focus when new element gets created via insert or apply.
  • Firefox popup windows switched to 'alwaysRaised' mode.
  • Implement tooltips on toolbar buttons.
  • Add on-delete confirmation dialog for major elements (note, section, topic...) according to what's specified in model.xml
  • Implement 'acceptCursor' pass-thru to the child elements. E.g. when list gets activated first list item should accept the cursor.
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v2.0 RC6

  • Added 'dl', 'info' and 'copyright' elements with corresponded childs.
  • Can not insert cursor using mouse after last block element in block. For example: <p><note/><note/>|</p>
  • Implement DOCTYPE support
  • Add DOCTYPE support to online editor.
  • Show warnings when certain element can not be pasted in or element can not be applied to selection.
  • Cut/Delete operations allow deletion of required elements like 'title' in 'topic'.
  • Fixed: namespaced attributed do not get saved correctly.
  • Fixed: copied 'note' does not get properly inserted into regular text.
  • Fixed: activating and deleting 'shortdesc' removes topic body.
  • Basic implementation of Ctrl+Home/Ctrl+End for by-page navigation.
  • Fixed: editor does not properly handle situations when selection is complete but cursor moves (from keyboard) without copy/cut operation. Only found in Firefox
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v2.0 RC5

  • Implment shortcuts Ctrl+B/I/U/Q operations
  • Provide ability to configure keyboard Ctrl+* shortcuts for any element defined model.xml.
  • Pressing Ctrl+B inside of Ctrl+B creates nested 'b' elements as oppose to what clicking on toolbar does - unwrapping 'b'.
  • Usability: when whole text of the element is selected, operations should target entier element not just selected text.
  • Fixed: When selection starts right at he position of the cursor, selection markers get injected right into the sursor SPAN.
  • Scroll window with cursor when it moves outside of visible area.
  • Fixed: Special characters does not get saved correctly when chunks of the document copy/pasted from MS Office document get saved.
  • Fixed: Traversing cursor backwards in "<li><q>text" does not put cursor between 'q' and 'li'. (as oppose to when traversing forward).
  • Fixed: Selecting area and attempting to get list of "insert" items does not show list of available options (at least Firefox).
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