It is possible to work on XML languages currently not supported by Quanta Plus by creating a DTEP package. But the creation can be time consuming, as you may need to write hundreds of tag files in tagXML format. Of course, there is a nicer way to go, by converting the DTD automatically into a DTEP package.
The conversion can be started from the -> menu. Select the .dtd
file which defines the DTD you want to use, and after that you will see the following dialog:
The entries are:
Target directory name:the newly created DTEP will go under this name to the
folder.
$KDEHOME
/share/apps/quanta/dtep
Name:the name (definition string) of the DTD
Nickname: the user visible name of the DTEP
!DOCTYPE definition line: the string that should appear in the !DOCTYPE tag, like HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"
DTD URL: the URL pointing to the DTD file
Default extension: the extension usually used for files that were written in this DTD
Case-sensitive tags and attributes: self explaining, usually true for XML language variants
Fine-tune the DTEP after conversion: if checked, after the conversion is done, Quanta Plus will bring up the description.rc editor, so you can fine tune the newly created DTEP. It is recommended to leave this options checked.