On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 23 Feb 2009, at 10:13 PM, Michael McCracken wrote: > >> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Maxwell, Adam R >> <adam.maxw...@pnl.gov> wrote: >>> On 02/23/09 12:47, "Michael McCracken" >>> <michael.mccrac...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I had an idea based on the -users thread about macros and >>>> autocomplete. >>>> >>>> Why not add the macros list to autocomplete too? >>> >>> That's been around for a while now... >>> >>> http://bibdesk.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bibdesk?view=rev&revision=3648 >>> >>>> The idea is that if I have a macro "PLDI", I could either start >>>> typing >>>> "Proceedings of the IEEE conference on Progr" and then get what I >>>> want, >>>> or I could type "PLD" and get what I want. >>> >>> Currently I think it only works if you're in the raw editing mode >>> but I'm >>> too lazy to check. Do you thing it should complete to a macro in the >>> regular mode as well? >> >> Yeah, autocomplete in raw mode autocompletes the macro, and >> autocomplete in regular mode will autocomplete the expansion of the >> macro if it's been used in the document already. >> >> You nailed it - what I was suggesting was that autocomplete in regular >> mode should autocomplete the macro name for macros and insert the >> macro if chosen, and not offer the expanded version as a choice. >> >> It means I could insert macros without being in macro editing mode, by >> choosing them in the autocomplete. It might be confusing though, if >> the macro is 'foo' and I type all of 'foo', but don't choose the >> expansion in the autocomplete, I'd just get "foo" and not whatever it >> expands to... is there a better way to handle that case? >> >> -mike > > I think that would be a real mess from the point of view of > implementation. You're either editing a raw bibtex string or not. When > you make a complex string while editing in normal mode you'll almost > certainly get the expanded string.
I was wondering how hard it'd be. I haven't looked at the code in ages, obviously... Would it work to have the act of selecting the macro from the autocomplete switch you into raw mode? It might be a little jarring but at least it'd preserve the existing functionality. -mike > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-develop mailing list > Bibdesk-develop@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-develop > -- Michael McCracken UCSD CSE PhD Candidate research: http://www.cse.ucsd.edu/~mmccrack/ misc: http://michael-mccracken.net/wp/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-develop mailing list Bibdesk-develop@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-develop
