3. Before writing your first configuration

  1. Do not forget to temporarily disable the Quick Start and Schema caches by unchecking the corresponding checkboxes in OptionsPreferences, Advanced|Cached Data section. More information about these caches in Section 5.12.1, “Cached data options” in XMLmind XML Editor - Online Help.

    Warning

    If you forget to do this, XXE will fail to see your configuration and/or may not see the changes you make to the schema referenced by your configuration.

  2. Using menu item OptionsInstall Add-ons, download and install the add-on called "XMLmind XML Editor Configuration Pack". This add-on contains important support files (e.g. configuration.xsd) for use when writing a configuration.

  3. Start XXE with a console in order to see low-level error messages possibly reported by XXE when you'll test your configuration.

    On Windows, this means running XXE using java rather than using javaw:

    • If you start XXE using xxe.exe (that is, the icon in the "XMLmind XML Editor" start menu), open xxe.jstart in notepad, replace "jre\bin\javaw.exe" by "jre\bin\java.exe", save xxe.jstart using the UTF-8 encoding (should have been automatically detected by notepad).

    • If you start XXE using xxe.bat, open xxe.bat in notepad, replace all occurrences of "javaw" by "java" and save xxe.bat.

  4. If you are interested in having a functionality in your configuration which is present in any of the stock XHTML, DocBook or DITA configuration, do not hesitate to take a look at the .xxe, .incl, .css, etc, files found in:

    • XXE_install_dir/addon/config/xhtml/,

    • XXE_install_dir/addon/config/docbook/,

    • XXE_install_dir/addon/config/docbook5/,

    • XXE_install_dir/addon/config/dita/,

    • XXE_install_dir/addon/config/common/css/.