[eXist-TEIXML] new version of oXygen out

[Jens Ø. P. <oe...@gm...>]

Hi,

oXygen 13 has come out, with (as usual) a number of useful new features, this time focussed on user interface improvements, many of which are relevant to eXist users. - See the full description at <http://www.oxygenxml.com/#new-version>.

The Data Source Explorer view, which we use to see inside an eXist database, now features drag and drop capabilities between different databases. One can now drag files and folders from one's operating system, that is, from Windows Explorer and Mac OS Finder into eXist (drag and drop does not work the other way round), thereby copying resources into eXIst. One can also drag and drop files and collections between different collections inside eXist, even across different eXist instances. Note that this does not amount to copying, but to moving, that is, the resource is deleted at the origin (a dialog pops up, asking you to confirm your decision to move), however, if you drag and then press Ctrl, the resource is copied, not moved.

The distinction between copy and move it perhaps not implemented the way I would like, but these changes makes working with eXist considerably easier - WebDAV (or eXist's Java Admin Client) is still needed to make backups, but had oXygen 13 been out during the Summer School, we could have skipped quite a few steps, just dragging Joe's files inside eXist!

One can also drag and drop from the Project Tree. This also amounts to copying, not moving. 

In the Data Source Explorer one is also supposed to be able to use keyboard shortcuts to copy, cut and paste in the usual way, but this I cannot confirm on Mac OS (and I am happy that this is so, for I believe this is rather dangerous).

There are also a few TEI-specific changes, among them built-in transformation scenarios to convert TEI documents to and from DOCX.

I have not been able to determine who is eligible for upgrades, but I have a version 12 license from April and I am able to run version 13 with it. I assume there will be a mail about upgrades from oXygen soon.

As usual, you can request a 30-day trial. 

There is also a 30% discount on upgrades until September 15, 2011: <http://www.oxygenxml.com/buy.html#_upgrade>, but note that this does not affect Academic Licenses, which is probably what most of us have.

Cheers,

Jens