> The topic of word processor integration comes up periodically, and I'd > also like to see more integration with word processor-type programs. > However, if wishes were horses, then beggars would ride ;). > > I explored Mellel integration at one point, but I personally can't > justify a license for Mellel to work on it, or the time it would > require. If anyone is interested, I can share the Mellel SDK and some > correspondence with its developers, and you can have your own > subversion branch to play with. Join the developers list and we'll > help you get started; that's how I learned Objective-C and Cocoa. > > Note also that Pages's XML format is documented, so in theory you > could scan a pages document and insert citations at the appropriate > places. Tom Counsell's ruby script does this, for instance. > > Maybe someone (not me!) could be persuaded to work on this via a > grant? Anyone interested in pursuing that? I'd guesstimate 120 hours > full time for someone familiar with Cocoa in general, maybe 80 for > someone familiar with BibDesk itself; those figures are strongly > dependent on the desired feature set. For my organization, that might > translate to $12-18K at the low end, so students are probably a better > bet for this.
I'd be more than willing to pay my share for this and helping to set up a bounty system, but I guess we need someone interested in doing this first. > > Just out of curiosity, what would help the non-LaTeX users the most? > People have mentioned integration with word processors. What would it > look like? Basic RTF scanning wouldn't be too hard. A UI for > templates would be nice, too. An UI would certainly be a good idea. I don't think that many users would use BibDesk with its current template system even if it had RTF scanning. Toom many users would be scared by it. I'd use it, but I'm certainly not the average user. I also think that the template system needs improvement to deal with more complex styles. For example more options how to deal with multiple authors/editors or with stuff like 'ibid.'. simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 60 39 http://www.simifilm.ch "Was soll aus mir mal werden, wenn ich mal nicht mehr bin?" Robert Gernhardt ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
