Oxygen Publishing Engine V23.1

WebHelp Output

• Add and Manage Comments Contextually - If you integrate Oxygen Feedback into your WebHelp output, your users can now add and manage comments contextually at a specific location within the output page where block elements appear (e.g. section, paragraph, list, or table elements) without having to scroll to the comments area at the bottom of the page. This means that the feedback is more precise and it is easier to perceive it in the intended context.
• Automatically Convert HTML Fragments to Well-formed XML - The webhelp.enable.html.fragments.cleanup transformation parameter has been added and when set to true, the transformation will automatically convert contributed content to well-formed XML.
• Access More HTML Fragment Placeholder Possibilities - If you use custom HTML fragments to customize various components in your WebHelp Responsive output, you now have access to more placeholders for your custom fragments, opening up new customization possibilities.
• Integrate a Custom Search Engine in Your WebHelp Output - The webhelp.fragment.custom.search.engine.results parameter can be used to replace the search results area with custom XHTML content, while the webhelp.fragment.custom.search.engine.script parameter can be used to replace the built-in search engine implementation with your own custom one.
• Distinguish More Easily the Content of DITA Note Elements - The rendering of DITA <note> elements in the WebHelp output has been redesigned to make the content within the note even more noticeable.
• Add Link Component in WebHelp Output to Open PDF Documentation - It is now possible to add a component in your WebHelp output that links to an external PDF resource.
• Deprecated Transformation Scenario: DocBook WebHelp Classic with Feedback - The DocBook Webhelp Classic with Feedback transformation scenario is now deprecated. WebHelp Classic for DocBook can now be integrated with the new Oxygen Feedback commenting platform instead.
• Deprecated Support for Microsoft Internet Explorer - Support for Internet Explorer is now deprecated. Full support for Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Firefox and Apple Safari remain intact.
• Component Update: DITA Open Toolkit 3.6 - The DITA Open Toolkit version used for publishing DITA content has been updated to 3.6. This provides access to parameters that help to reduce the publishing time.

PDF Output

• Oxygen Styles Basket - The new Oxygen Styles Basket is a handy web-based visual tool that helps you to fine-tune the CSS file that is used to customize your PDF or WebHelp output. You simply pick and mix aspects from galleries to add and adjust the rules in your custom CSS file.
• Display SVG Syntax Diagrams in PDF Output - The svg-syntaxdiagrams DITA-OT plugin is now supported, providing the means for SVG syntax diagrams to be rendered in the PDF output.