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| Re: VEX Testing Advice Needed [message #435086 is a reply to message #435085] |
Tue, 25 November 2008 15:18   |
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Originally posted by: dcarver.starstandard.org
Reed Elliott wrote:
> I spent part of the weekend playing around with the 0.5.0 version of VEX and
> studying DITA and DocBook. I was able to get tables, ordered list,
> unordered list, codeblocks, titles and paragraphs to display in VEX using
> DITA documents but found myself mainly using the standard XML Editor to
> create the document tag structure because I was having trouble navigating
> VEX. For example, I could insert an unordered list <ul> tag between 2
> parapraphs using VEX but couldn't figure out how to enter the list item <li>
> tags. If I entered the <li> tags using the XML Editor and saved the
> document, VEX would display the list properly.
As you mover the cursor through the document, in the lower left corner
it will display which is the current XML tag. So for list item in
DocBook which is what I'm more familiar with, add a listeitem after an
itemizedlist tag.
section\itemizedlist\listitem.
You can use the Document->Element->Insert element dialog to add the
necessary tag.
There are many improvements from a useability side that need to occur
with VEX, the main one I'm working on getting ready is a MultiPage
editor so that you have both a Design and Source tab available to edit
with. Other things that are needed are drag and drop of tags ans
templates into the editor.
Mappings of common wordprocessor items would probably be nice, so that
you can click a button and have it insert the appropriate tags at the
appropriate point. All of these would need to be enhancements done to
the code.
> As I experiment VEX, should I log the bugs/issues that I find or is it too
> early to start logging a bunch of GUI/usability issues?
Never too early to log bugs.
Dave
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| Re: VEX Testing Advice Needed [message #435087 is a reply to message #435086] |
Wed, 26 November 2008 01:45 |
 Reed Elliott
Messages: 8
Registered: July 2009 |
Junior Member |
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Dave,
I hadn't noticed the currently selected tag label or the Document menu.
These will definitely help me find my way around the document. I will
continue to test and, when I get a little more confident, will start logging
bugs.
Can't wait to see the multiple page editor! In XMLSpy, I regularly flip
between Authentic and Text views and am glad to hear that this will be an
option in VEX.
Let me know if there is anything specific that you would like me to test. I
am studying plug-in development but may be a little while before I am ready
to contribute any functionality.
Reed
"David Carver" <dcarver@starstandard.org> wrote in message
news:492C174F.3000501@starstandard.org...
> Reed Elliott wrote:
>> I spent part of the weekend playing around with the 0.5.0 version of VEX
>> and studying DITA and DocBook. I was able to get tables, ordered list,
>> unordered list, codeblocks, titles and paragraphs to display in VEX using
>> DITA documents but found myself mainly using the standard XML Editor to
>> create the document tag structure because I was having trouble navigating
>> VEX. For example, I could insert an unordered list <ul> tag between 2
>> parapraphs using VEX but couldn't figure out how to enter the list item
>> <li> tags. If I entered the <li> tags using the XML Editor and saved the
>> document, VEX would display the list properly.
>
> As you mover the cursor through the document, in the lower left corner it
> will display which is the current XML tag. So for list item in DocBook
> which is what I'm more familiar with, add a listeitem after an
> itemizedlist tag.
>
> section\itemizedlist\listitem.
>
> You can use the Document->Element->Insert element dialog to add the
> necessary tag.
>
> There are many improvements from a useability side that need to occur with
> VEX, the main one I'm working on getting ready is a MultiPage editor so
> that you have both a Design and Source tab available to edit with. Other
> things that are needed are drag and drop of tags ans templates into the
> editor.
>
> Mappings of common wordprocessor items would probably be nice, so that you
> can click a button and have it insert the appropriate tags at the
> appropriate point. All of these would need to be enhancements done to the
> code.
>
>
>> As I experiment VEX, should I log the bugs/issues that I find or is it
>> too early to start logging a bunch of GUI/usability issues?
>
> Never too early to log bugs.
>
>
> Dave
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| Re: VEX Testing Advice Needed [message #563044 is a reply to message #435085] |
Tue, 25 November 2008 15:18 |
| Eclipse User |
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Originally posted by: dcarver.starstandard.org
Reed Elliott wrote:
> I spent part of the weekend playing around with the 0.5.0 version of VEX and
> studying DITA and DocBook. I was able to get tables, ordered list,
> unordered list, codeblocks, titles and paragraphs to display in VEX using
> DITA documents but found myself mainly using the standard XML Editor to
> create the document tag structure because I was having trouble navigating
> VEX. For example, I could insert an unordered list <ul> tag between 2
> parapraphs using VEX but couldn't figure out how to enter the list item <li>
> tags. If I entered the <li> tags using the XML Editor and saved the
> document, VEX would display the list properly.
As you mover the cursor through the document, in the lower left corner
it will display which is the current XML tag. So for list item in
DocBook which is what I'm more familiar with, add a listeitem after an
itemizedlist tag.
section\itemizedlist\listitem.
You can use the Document->Element->Insert element dialog to add the
necessary tag.
There are many improvements from a useability side that need to occur
with VEX, the main one I'm working on getting ready is a MultiPage
editor so that you have both a Design and Source tab available to edit
with. Other things that are needed are drag and drop of tags ans
templates into the editor.
Mappings of common wordprocessor items would probably be nice, so that
you can click a button and have it insert the appropriate tags at the
appropriate point. All of these would need to be enhancements done to
the code.
> As I experiment VEX, should I log the bugs/issues that I find or is it too
> early to start logging a bunch of GUI/usability issues?
Never too early to log bugs.
Dave
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| Re: VEX Testing Advice Needed [message #563068 is a reply to message #435086] |
Wed, 26 November 2008 01:45 |
Reed Elliott
Messages: 8
Registered: July 2009 |
Junior Member |
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Dave,
I hadn't noticed the currently selected tag label or the Document menu.
These will definitely help me find my way around the document. I will
continue to test and, when I get a little more confident, will start logging
bugs.
Can't wait to see the multiple page editor! In XMLSpy, I regularly flip
between Authentic and Text views and am glad to hear that this will be an
option in VEX.
Let me know if there is anything specific that you would like me to test. I
am studying plug-in development but may be a little while before I am ready
to contribute any functionality.
Reed
"David Carver" <dcarver@starstandard.org> wrote in message
news:492C174F.3000501@starstandard.org...
> Reed Elliott wrote:
>> I spent part of the weekend playing around with the 0.5.0 version of VEX
>> and studying DITA and DocBook. I was able to get tables, ordered list,
>> unordered list, codeblocks, titles and paragraphs to display in VEX using
>> DITA documents but found myself mainly using the standard XML Editor to
>> create the document tag structure because I was having trouble navigating
>> VEX. For example, I could insert an unordered list <ul> tag between 2
>> parapraphs using VEX but couldn't figure out how to enter the list item
>> <li> tags. If I entered the <li> tags using the XML Editor and saved the
>> document, VEX would display the list properly.
>
> As you mover the cursor through the document, in the lower left corner it
> will display which is the current XML tag. So for list item in DocBook
> which is what I'm more familiar with, add a listeitem after an
> itemizedlist tag.
>
> section\itemizedlist\listitem.
>
> You can use the Document->Element->Insert element dialog to add the
> necessary tag.
>
> There are many improvements from a useability side that need to occur with
> VEX, the main one I'm working on getting ready is a MultiPage editor so
> that you have both a Design and Source tab available to edit with. Other
> things that are needed are drag and drop of tags ans templates into the
> editor.
>
> Mappings of common wordprocessor items would probably be nice, so that you
> can click a button and have it insert the appropriate tags at the
> appropriate point. All of these would need to be enhancements done to the
> code.
>
>
>> As I experiment VEX, should I log the bugs/issues that I find or is it
>> too early to start logging a bunch of GUI/usability issues?
>
> Never too early to log bugs.
>
>
> Dave
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