CinnamonDesktopClient

The Desktop Client is currently only available for Microsoft Windows operating systems with .NET framework v4.0.

It is easily customizable and can be extended to meet complex business requirements.

In technical documentation there exists no one-size-fits-all solution, which makes it difficult to provide an out-of-the-box solution for testing an ECMS. To get the most out of a software suite, a rather complex iterative process is needed to find the best way to meet as many of the customer's requirements as possible. To help you with the evaluation of Cinnamon CMS, we have created a DITA-capable client, which is enables you to create and manage DITA documents with Cinnamon.

You can download the current Cinnamon-DITA client from our Sourceforge download page.

Installation

• Extract Cinnamon-Client.zip to somewhere
• Create a folder cinnamon/checkout in your home directory (My Documents)
• Download and extract the current version (1.5.3) of the DITA-OT.
• Set the following environment variables (or extend them, as appropriate).

If C:\DITA-OT1.5.3 is where you have put your DITA-OT installation:

ANT_HOME=C:\DITA-OT1.5.3\tools\ant

ANT_OPTS=-Xmx800m -Djavax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory=net.sf.saxon.TransformerFactoryImpl

CLASSPATH=C:\DITA-OT1.5.3\lib\saxon\saxon9-xom.jar;C:\DITA-OT1.5.3\lib\saxon\saxon9-xpath.jar;C:\DITA-OT1.5.3\lib\saxon\saxon9-xqj.jar;C:\DITA-OT1.5.3\lib\saxon\saxon9-s9api.jar;C:\DITA-OT1.5.3\lib\saxon\saxon9-sql.jar;C:\DITA-OT1.5.3\lib\saxon\saxon9-dom4j.jar;C:\DITA-OT1.5.3\lib\saxon\saxon9-jdom.jar;C:\DITA-OT1.5.3\lib\saxon\saxon9.jar;C:\DITA-OT1.5.3\lib\saxon\saxon9-dom.jar;C:\DITA-OT1.5.3\lib;C:\DITA-OT1.5.3\lib\dost.jar;C:\DITA-OT1.5.3\lib\resolver.jar;C:\DITA-OT1.5.3\lib\icu4j.jar;

DITA_DIR=C:\DITA-OT1.5.3

Extend PATH with: C:\DITA-OT1.5.3\tools\ant\bin;

You can change the GUI language of the desktop client by adjusting config/CinnamonDesktopClient.custom.config.xml

<cinnamon_client>
  <global_settings>
    <culture_name>fr-FR</culture_name>

Current options include: de-DE and fr-FR

To change the server you connect to, edit (or copy and edit) the <server> element at the end of the custom-config file.