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Today's Topics:
1. Ebib 0.28 released (Joost Kremers)
2. Re: Ebib 0.28 released (Leo)
3. feature request: timestamping creation dates automatically
(Jesse Alama)
4. Re: feature request: timestamping creation dates
automatically (Joost Kremers)
5. Ebib 1.0.0 released (Joost Kremers)
6. Re: Ebib 1.0.0 released (Jesse Alama)
7. Re: Ebib 1.0.0 released (Joost Kremers)
8. Ebib 1.1.4 released (Joost Kremers)
9. Ebib 1.1.5 released (Joost Kremers)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:31:13 +0100
From: Joost Kremers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Ebib-users] Ebib 0.28 released
To: [email protected]
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Hi list,
I just uploaded version 0.28 of Ebib to Sourceforge.net. The new features
of this release are:
* It is now possible to customise the string that Ebib uses to insert a
BibTeX key into a (La)TeX document. In fact, it is possible to define
multiple strings, which can then be selected through a prefix argument.
* The user now has more control over the order in which the BibTeX entries
are saved to the .bib file. Two options exist:
* If you use the crossref field, you can tell Ebib to save all entries with
a crossref field at the top of the .bib file. (BibTeX wants it that
way...)
* If you have no need for this, you can specify a sort order for the .bib
file. By default, Ebib will sort the entries in alphabetical order on the
entry key, but you can have the entries sorted on any field value.
* A couple of small bugs were fixed.
For those who are wondering: yes, Ebib 0.27 does exist. I never got round
to releasing it properly... ;-)
Have fun!
Joost
--
Joost Kremers
Life has its moments
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 01:00:23 +0000
From: Leo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Ebib-users] Ebib 0.28 released
To: [email protected]
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* Joost Kremers (2006-12-13 20:31 +0100) said:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Hi list,
>
> I just uploaded version 0.28 of Ebib to Sourceforge.net. The new features
> of this release are:
>
> * It is now possible to customise the string that Ebib uses to insert a
> BibTeX key into a (La)TeX document. In fact, it is possible to define
> multiple strings, which can then be selected through a prefix argument.
>
> * The user now has more control over the order in which the BibTeX entries
> are saved to the .bib file. Two options exist:
>
> * If you use the crossref field, you can tell Ebib to save all entries with
> a crossref field at the top of the .bib file. (BibTeX wants it that
> way...)
>
> * If you have no need for this, you can specify a sort order for the .bib
> file. By default, Ebib will sort the entries in alphabetical order on the
> entry key, but you can have the entries sorted on any field value.
>
> * A couple of small bugs were fixed.
>
> For those who are wondering: yes, Ebib 0.27 does exist. I never got round
> to releasing it properly... ;-)
>
> Have fun!
>
> Joost
Great!
It now compiles cleanly in Emacs 22/23. Thank you.
--
Leo <sdl.web AT gmail.com> (GPG Key: 9283AA3F)
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:55:18 -0800
From: Jesse Alama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Ebib-users] feature request: timestamping creation dates
automatically
To: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To keep track of the growth of a bibliography with ebib, it would be
nice if, when creating a new entry, a field is created whose content
is the time when the field is created. It could be called
"creation-date" or something like that (this is what BBDB does). The
field could be hidden by default (as it is with BBDB).
Jesse
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Jesse Alama ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
*56: Disagreement of types (http://www.mizar.org)
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 16:20:21 +0100
From: Joost Kremers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Ebib-users] feature request: timestamping creation dates
automatically
To: "Discussion of issues relating to Ebib."
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On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 09:55:18PM -0800, Jesse Alama wrote:
> To keep track of the growth of a bibliography with ebib, it would be
> nice if, when creating a new entry, a field is created whose content
> is the time when the field is created. It could be called
> "creation-date" or something like that (this is what BBDB does). The
> field could be hidden by default (as it is with BBDB).
mmm, getting the time and storing it is easy. ebib has no way to make a
field "hidden", however, so that would require a bit on engineering.
i'll dive into it after next week, when i'll have time again. (next week is
set to be quite busy for me...)
best,
joost
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Joost Kremers, PhD
University of Cologne
Institute for German Language and Literature
Albertus Magnus Platz
50923 Cologne, Germany
Tel. +49 221 / 4703807
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 22:39:53 +0100
From: Joost Kremers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Ebib-users] Ebib 1.0.0 released
To: Ebib Users <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Hi list,
I've just uploaded a new Ebib version to the Sourceforge servers. This
version includes the timestamp functionality requested last week. See the
manual for details:
<http://ebib.sourceforge.net/ebib/Use-Timestamp.html#Use-Timestamp>
The timestamp field is a hidden field, which is not shown by default, but
can be made visible by hitting "H" in the index buffer.
Right now, the timestamp field is the only field that is hidden, but
perhaps in the future other uses for this functionality will come up.
In order to make hidden fields possible, I had to completely rewrite the
code that moves around the field highlight in the entry buffer. No big deal
in itself, but it is new code, so less well tested. On the other hand, the
code is cleaner and more modular than what I had before, so should be less
prone to contain bugs. If you encounter any problems, please let me know,
and I'll see to it that they get fixed ASAP.
Another addition is the key "C" in the index buffer, which puts you in
Ebib's customisation buffer. I got tired of typing `M-x customize RET ebib
RET' all the time. (It took too many TAB-completions to get there. ;-)
Unfortunately, if you leave the customize buffer, you're not put back into
Ebib. I haven't figured out a way to do that yet. (Suggestions welcome.)
Further news on the customisation front: I have removed the macros
defentry, ebib-preload and ebib-additional-fields. I now strongly suggest
that all customisation be done through `M-x customize'. Though technically
it is still possible to set the relevant variables in .ebibrc (or .emacs if
you wish), there's no real need to (except for key bindings: the macro
ebib-key has been retained). If you still use .ebibrc for anything other
than key bindings, the best way to go is to load Ebib 0.28, go to the
customization buffer and do a "Save for future sessions". That'll save all
the customisations to .emacs (or to whatever you've set custom-file
to). Then delete .ebibrc (except the key bindings) and upgrade to the new
version.
I've also fixed a few bugs, as noted in the ChangeLog.
So what's with the version jump? Well, it doesn't signify that this version
is completely different from the previous one. It's just an incremental
update, as usual. But I moved the code into a version control system, GNU
Arch, and I thought that would be a good time to adopt a new version
numbering. From now on, the version number will reflect the kind of
release: for bug fix releases, the third digit will increase. An increase
of the second digit means a feature addition, and if I ever increase the
first digit, I'll have rewritten major parts of the code.
On my TODO list for future versions are the following:
* Make RefTeX be Ebib-aware. This'll be tricky, because I'll need to make
changes to RefTeX, which isn't my code. This, btw, will always be an
optional addition: it will always be possible to load Ebib without making
any changes to the way RefTeX works.
* Implement Guo Wei-Wei's suggestion of creating temporary subset databases
based on the contents of a particular field.
Joost
--
Joost Kremers
Life has its moments
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 14:05:18 -0800
From: Jesse Alama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Ebib-users] Ebib 1.0.0 released
To: Ebib Users <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Hi Joost,
Joost Kremers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> So what's with the version jump? Well, it doesn't signify that this version
> is completely different from the previous one. It's just an incremental
> update, as usual. But I moved the code into a version control system, GNU
> Arch, and I thought that would be a good time to adopt a new version
> numbering. From now on, the version number will reflect the kind of
> release: for bug fix releases, the third digit will increase. An increase
> of the second digit means a feature addition, and if I ever increase the
> first digit, I'll have rewritten major parts of the code.
Where can we access the new arch archive?
Jesse
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Jesse Alama ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
*14: Too many terms in an inference (http://www.mizar.org)
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 23:20:50 +0100
From: Joost Kremers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Ebib-users] Ebib 1.0.0 released
To: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 02:05:18PM -0800, Jesse Alama wrote:
> Where can we access the new arch archive?
nowhere -- yet. ATM, i just have the archive on my own machine. i do intend
to make the archive available, once i understand arch's way of working
better than i do now, though i don't know where yet. (i don't believe
sourceforge offers anything for it. perhaps i should've used svn
instead... ;-)
--
Joost Kremers
Life has its moments
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:43:22 +0100
From: Joost Kremers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Ebib-users] Ebib 1.1.4 released
To: Ebib Users <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Hi all,
I just uploaded a new Ebib version to the Sourceforge servers. It is now
possible to execute complex search queries, such as: 'show me all the
entries with "cinque" in the author field', or: 'show me all the entries
with "chomsky" in any field except the title field'. These search queries
are built up of logical AND, OR and NOT operators, and can be as complex as
necessary. They are built up interactively, using the &, | and ~ keys (AND,
OR and NOT, respectively.)
A couple of smaller bugs have also been fixed.
Enjoy!
--
Joost Kremers
Life has its moments
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 03:19:42 +0100
From: Joost Kremers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Ebib-users] Ebib 1.1.5 released
To: Ebib Users <[email protected]>
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I fixed a bug in the virtual-database code that prevented users from
filtering on additional fields.
I also took out some code that is meant for a 1.2 version, that is in
itself harmless, but might be annoying. (I haven't figured GNU Arch out
completely yet...)
--
Joost Kremers
Life has its moments
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