Serna XML Editor Release History

V 4.4.0 (Release Candidate): 2011/10/06

New Features

Element Attributes dialog redesigned, usability much improved
New Quick Wrap Element/Insert Element via context menu
New spell-checker, uses Hunspell by default (same as OpenOffice and Mozilla). Free OpenOffice dictionaries may be used. Added new dialog for managing personal word lists.
Switchable text wrapping in plain-text mode
Custom shortcuts may be defined for actions not bound to buttons or menu items
Python console improved, stack traces after failures of initial plug-in module initialization are now reported
added ability to force ID type on attributes, specified by element/attribute-name patterns (used in some legacy/compatibility scenarios)
behavior of Enter key is not hard-coded to Split Element anymore, can be arbitrarily customized now

Bugs Fixed

fixed handling of image scaling in FO (various combinations of scale-to-fit with content-width/height etc.)

broken custom DnD handlers from external applications now work
fixed publishing modules initialization, publishing modules are loaded now only for relevant document types
fixed visibility of floating 'liquid' dialogs (such as InsertElement) when switching document tabs and opening document from Recent files menu
fixed ContentMap to show tentative drag'n'drop position correctly
fixed sporadic coredump on Mac OS X when re-docking floating tools
disabled multiprocinfo in Python, default Python logging now works

New Features

Common code-base with Serna Free (Open Source), so all new Serna Free features may be easily and swiftly transitioned to Serna Enterprise.
Updated Qt framework; transition to LGPL Qt version; custom extension developers will no longer need a commercial Qt license.
New Python module-based publishing framework, which allows development of sophisticated platform-independent publishing scripts with access to Serna API
Support for URL's with fragment identifiers when opening documents (cursor will be positioned accordingly).
New behaviour of Copy operation - now it works on current element in absence of active selection.

Bug-fix Release

Fixed combo-boxes and line-edit behaviors on Windows: input data is no longer lost on focus-out events
Fixed MacOSX relocatable installer issue which prevented installation in some cases
Fixed XPath-related crash in certain cases
Numerous general stability fixes and improvements

New Features

Added Auto SpellCheck. Entered text is analyzed in real time, misspelled words get underlined with a wavy red line, and possible corrections are suggested.
It is possible to set the path to an XML Catalog that resides on a web server by using a nextCatalog tag.

Bugs Fixed

Clicking beyond an opened drop-down list of a combo box in the Editing Window wouldn't close the list and restore the original value.

New Features

Added drag&drop from Microsoft Office Word and web browsers to Serna.
Added API for extending drag&drop from external applications and within Serna.
Added drag&drop between opened documents.
Added hot keys for Zoom commands, for switching between documents, and for buttons in the Attributes Dialog.

Bugs Fixed

DITA:
- Application crash on selecting a file in DITA dialogs when Serna was run as an ActiveX control.
- Application crash on saving a document after paste in a specific case.
- Application crash on clicking Check Spelling if there was an xref without text content pointing to a website.
- When opening a document retrieved from the Vasont CMS, Serna required choosing a template.
Application crash on saving a document to WebDAV when the network was unreachable.
Application crash on an attempt to save a document to a directory without writing permissions.
Application crash on dropping an invalid internal entity or XInclude into the #choice element.
It was possible to open a document in Text mode twice without warning.
Manually changed zoom was reset to default on changing the input language with Ctrl+Shift.
The Context Menu key didn't call up the context menu in the Editing Window.
Insertion of nbsp with Ctrl+Shift+Space worked incorrectly.
The Unicode byte-order mark wasn't treated properly.
Serna worked slowly with some documents.

New Features

Fresh Look&Feel. Now that Serna has migrated to the Qt graphic library version 4.4.3, you can enjoy the new look&feel of Serna.
Enhanced Print Draft. Print Draft now can save documents to PDF format.
DITA ID Management. Serna maintains and validates the uniqueness of DITA elements' IDs within the scope of the parent topic.
Improvements for MacOS X. Serna comes with improved font rendering and scaling as well as enhanced large document support and visualization on Mac.
SSL Support. The SSL protocol support provides for secure communication between Serna and an SSL-enabled remote HTTP or WebDAV server.
SVG Support. SVG images are now natively supported.
ActiveX Support. Serna can now work as an ActiveX control on Windows.

Bugs Fixed

Documents are printed as drafts correctly on all platforms. Font rendering issues have been fixed.