[Ann] Oxygen XML Suite Version 23 Release

[Alin Belu <alin_belu@sync.ro>]

Hi everyone,

We are happy to announce that Oxygen XML Author/Editor version 23 was 
released!

Listing below some new features which may be useful for our DocBook users:

* When editing DocBook documents, you can now quickly invoke 
context-specific common actions. They are available in a floating 
toolbar that pops up when you select content. For example, if you select 
content inside a paragraph element, the floating toolbar includes common 
styling actions such as Bold, Italic, Underline, Subscript, and Superscript.

* If you want to extend the default oXygen DocBook framework, you can 
now define a new framework through an XML descriptor file instead of 
using the GUI. In this descriptor, you can choose the the framework to 
extend (such as DocBook4 or DocBook5) and make changes to it.

* You can now select content from a DocBook document opened in Author 
mode and invoke a new action called Copy as XML from the Document->Edit 
menu to copy the corresponding XML structure to the system clipboard.

* The Alt + [Mouse Triple-Click] shortcut can be used to easily select 
strictly the content of an element in the Author visual editing mode.

* A new add-on is available that provides experimental support for a 
terminology checking tool. Once the add-on is installed, you can create 
a terminology file with a set of rules for each term (or sequence of 
characters) you want flagged. After referencing the custom file, Oxygen 
will automatically highlight matched terms in Author mode and offer some 
contextual menu actions for replacing the highlighted content.

* Various improvements were made to the Git Client add-on since the last 
major release.

* The Translator Helper add-on is now available in Oxygen to provide 
experimental support to authors working in the localization industry. 
Once the add-on is installed, you can use Google Translate to create a 
translation for your XML content into a new language.

* The Oxygen Batch Converter tool can now be launched from a command 
line. Note that it requires a special scripting commercial license. This 
Batch Converter script helps you to convert files between various 
formats, including Markdown to DocBook, and many others.

* It is now possible to run transformation scenarios from a command line 
interface, like the DocBook transformation scenarios converting DocBook 
to different formats. Note that the Transform script requires a special 
scripting commercial license.

* Oxygen now includes a Find action feature (available in the Help menu) 
that provides a very quick way to find actions that are available 
throughout the application. You can also assign shortcuts for particular 
actions and you can invoke actions using this feature.

For the complete list of features, go to 
https://www.oxygenxml.com/xml_editor/whats_new.html

We hope you will enjoy Oxygen 23!
As always, any feedback on it is welcomed.

Best regards,
Alin

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Alin Belu
Oxygen XML Editor