On 12 Aug 2007, at 5:31 PM, Simon Spiegel wrote:
> Thanks for the quick reply, some followups.
>>>
>
>>> - I think it would be nice if BibDesk remembered the path it stores
>>> its templates. I just added a bunch of templates, and every time
>>> the file requester would jump to ~/Library/texmf/bibtex/bib/ where
>>> the .bib file is located which is openend on launh, and every time
>>> I have to change to ~/Library/Application support/BibDesk/templates
>>>
>>
>> Looking at the code, it should start at the last directory used in
>> the open/save panel, unless you're changing an existing template
>> file.
>
> Have to look into this.
>>
>>> - @componentsJoinedByComma In my tests this only worked for
>>> 'author', but not for 'editor' or any other field which uses 'and'
>>> for multiple entries ('address' for example).
>>
>> Thisit is not supposed to work for strings (e.g. field values), but
>> for arrays. For example "fields.Author" is a string, while
>> "persons.Author" is an array. Also fields.Address is a field.
>
> Mhmm, too bad.
Perhaps we can define some keys to turn a string into an array (like
componentsSeparatedByComma, componentsSeparatedByGroupSeparators,
componentsSeparatedByAnd).
>>
>>> Is this by design, or a bug or am I doing something wrong. And an
>>> additional question: I'd really like to have a
>>> @componentsJoinedBySlash function, or mabye even the possibility to
>>> choose the separator freely (especially useful for non-english
>>> users).
>>>
>>
>> A generic one is impossible as there is no way to pass an argument.
>> However you can add any separator using the collection tag syntax.
>
> How would I do this?
>
<$authors><$name/><?$authors>, </$authors>
is equivalent to (if it would exist)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]/>
>>
>>> - I'm not really sure what the difference between 'author' and
>>> 'persons.author' is. What I found is that 'persons.editor' or
>>> 'editors' gives me this strange output: ( {"__self__" = ""; },
>>> {"__self__" = ""; }, {"__self__" = ""; } )
>>>
>>
>> "authors" is just a shortcut to "persons.Author". Also you're not
>> supposed to use something like editors in a value tag, e.g. <
>> $editors/
>>> would give weird results such as this, you need to convert it to a
>> value or use it in a collection tag.
>
> Ok, I think I get it ...
>
>>
>>> - I really like the ability to check if a field corresponds to a
>>> certain given value. Is it also possible to see whether a field
>>> (like 'author') has several entries? This would be very useful for
>>> differentiating betwen 'ed.' and 'eds.'.
>>>
>>
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> template for no authors
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> template for single author
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> template for multiple authors
>> </[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> I haven't checked this example, but following it I did:
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> template for no editors
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> template for single author
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> template for multiple editors
> </[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
Sorry, forgot the "$" before the keys.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
etc.
Christiaan
> This is supposed to work, no? It doesn't here.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> simon
>
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